Qcells has introduced its first domestically assembled residential battery energy storage system (BESS) to the US market.
Announced 7 May, the system is assembled at Jabil’s (considered one of the world’s largest contract manufacturers) Auburn Hills facility in Michigan.
According to Qcells the BESS is a domestic content eligible version of the company’s third-generation residential ESS, known as ‘Q.HOME CORE G3’.
The system uses lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cells and has a storage capacity ranging from 13.1kWh-26.2kWh.
Qcells, originally a German solar manufacturer, was purchased out of bankruptcy in 2012 by South Korea’s Hanwha Group after Chinese PV cells flooded the market, effectively ending the European industry. In addition to home energy and energy management solutions, the company also develops, invests in and delivers PV and energy storage projects through its engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) and development businesses in the US.
