Electronics manufacturer Richardson Electronics announced it would partner with Chinese lithium battery company Gotion to produce more large-scale battery energy storage systems in the United States.
Gotion manufacturing in Illinois. Credit: Gotion Illinois
Gotion operates an battery manufacturing site in Manteno, Illinois, and Richardson has a contract manufacturing site in LaFox, Illinois.
“This partnership reflects Gotion’s long-term commitment to building a localized, resilient battery supply chain in the United States,” said Jacky Yu, VP of Sales, Gotion, Inc. “By combining our advanced battery technology with Richardson Electronics’ deep market expertise, we are enabling scalable, domestically supported energy storage solutions that meet the growing reliability, cost and performance needs of U.S. customers across commercial, industrial and utility segments.”
The two companies say that they will collaborate and introduce two new BESS platforms: a 760-kWh system for commercial storage applications, and a 5-MWh system for utility-scale. The BESS will be manufactured and assembled in Gotion’s Manteno plant.
“Richardson Electronics is excited to partner with Gotion as we expand our power management and energy storage solutions portfolio,” said Greg Peloquin, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Power & Microwave Technologies and Green Energy Solutions groups. “Gotion’s advanced battery technology combined with Richardson’s deep knowledge of the U.S. power market and global engineering support capabilities positions us well to bring reliable, high-performance battery energy storage solutions to customers across utility and commercial markets.”
This new partnership is likely to bring Gotion’s batteries under FEOC compliance, a government requirement that U.S. solar and storage projects do not use products with too much Chinese influence.
