EnerSys selected Greenville, SC to develop a lithium-ion cell gigafactory to advance battery production in the United States. EnerSys has applied for a comprehensive incentive package through South Carolina and Greenville County valued at approximately $200 million, including short-term and long-term incentives. The Company intends to use a portion of these proceeds, along with the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) tax benefits and potential additional federal funding, to make a $500 million investment with the potential to create 500 high-quality new jobs.

EnerSys is evaluating the development of a 500,000-square-foot manufacturing facility on approximately 140 acres in the Augusta Grove business park in Greenville. The operation would manufacture various form factors of lithium-ion cells for commercial, industrial and defense applications, with a production capacity of four-gigawatt hours (GWh) per year. It would be the company’s second factory in the area.

The company is targeting construction to begin in early 2025 and operations to be online in late 2027.

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