Skeleton Technologies ensures an investment of 220 million euros (US$239.39 million) to build a new factory designed by Siemens to manufacture supercapacitors at Leipzig, Germany, as was declared by the energy storage technology firm based in Tallinn, Estonia. This new facility is estimated to begin production by 2024.
Skeleton Technologies applies aluminium and carbon-based materials made by the company in Estonia to produce its supercapacitors. Supercapacitors are very similar to batteries as they are utilized to store and disperse energy in tinier quantities but with more agility.
These supercapacitors can capture mechanically produced energy such as a brake clutching or an elevator plunging downwards and quickly transform it into power. They are technically faster than lithium-ion batteries in supplying energy.
Skeleton’s new unit in Markranstaedt town, Germany would be the biggest factory constructed in Europe with an average production of 12 million cells annually, among which, 8 million would be specifically built for passenger vehicles and the rest 4 million larger cells are designated for the energy-grid and heavy-duty automobiles.
The organization currently caters to the heavy-duty automobile industry and grid management sectors like SkodaElectric or Poland’s ZPUE. The firm has an active site in Dresden which produces smaller volumes, almost 300,000 cells each year, but technically serves heavy-duty businesses.
Skeleton has already weaved contracts with German car makers and signed letters of intent with Japanese firms, as a company spokesperson confirmed while keeping the associated names hindered due to privacy reasons and a mutual decree.
The Chief Executive of the company, Taavi Madiberk commented that the firm’s goal is to accumulate 20 per cent of the revenue from automotive customers by 2027.
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