Visualisation of the project. (source: INO-HUB Energy)
Battery storage solutions are an important part of green electricity production as they store electricity when weather is not favourable. In this regard, Slovakia is dependent on their import from abroad.
This may soon change as the company INO-HUB Energy plans to build a new plant producing batteries for energy storage in Kysucké Nové Mesto, northern Slovakia. It will include a scientific research centre. The investment is worth approximately €5.5 million. The plant is to be constructed in an industrial part of the town that has long been in disrepair.
According to papers submitted for an environmental impact assessment, the batteries are intended as backup sources of electricity in the event of power outages or lack of a transmission network, as well as commercial use, among other things. Their capacity is to be 2,400 kWh.
The project should create job opportunities for 90 people, of which 51 will be manual labourers and 39 will work in administration and laboratories. Construction should begin in the first quarter of 2025, with the operation starting the following year.
The goal of the company is to introduce a sustainable solution that will have no negative impact on the environment and be an alternative to lithium, lead and other batteries. In addition, the operation of the plant will use renewable sources.
The batteries for energy storage were developed in cooperation with the University of Pavel Jozef Šafárik in Košice and the Technical University in Košice.
