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Partnership Begins with Planned 80 MWh California Project and Establishes Framework for Long-term Collaboration
WILSONVILLE, Oregon — ESS Tech, Inc. (ESS) (NYSE: GWH) (“ESS” or the “company”), a leading provider of non-lithium energy storage solutions, has announced the signing of a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Juniper Energy LLC, a renewable energy development company, for the deployment of 500 MWh or more of sodium-ion battery energy storage systems, representing a major milestone for ESS as it continues to expand its business with innovative, sodium-based battery solutions.
The LOI establishes a framework for a long-term partnership focused on deploying ESS’s sodium-ion battery energy storage systems across multiple projects over the coming years. As part of the agreement, the companies plan to collaborate on an initial 10 MW / 80 MWh energy storage project in California, which is expected to utilize ESS’s recently announced modular sodium-ion AC solution–Bridge™, along with an ESS Energy Management System (EMS), and is targeted for commercial operation in 2027.
