Southern Europe Super High Current Capacitor Factory

Who is building Europe's largest supercapacitor factory?

The €220m supercapacitor factory by Skeleton will be designed by Siemens and is expected to produce up to 12m cells a year. Estonian energy storage company Skeleton Technologies is partnering with Siemens to build Europe’s largest supercapacitor factory in Germany.

Who makes a supercapacitor?

Sign up for the Daily Brief, Silicon Republic’s digest of essential sci-tech news. The €220m supercapacitor factory by Estonia’s Skeleton will be designed by Siemens and produce up to 12m cells a year.

How many supercapacitor cells will skeleton produce in 2024?

The new factory for the next generation of supercapacitor cells in Markranstädt is scheduled to start production in 2024 and produce up to twelve million cells a year. The factory will have 40x more output than Skeleton’s other site in Saxony, which will continue as an R&D factory in the future, and 240 jobs are expected to be created.

Where does skeleton manufacture supercapacitors?

Skeleton will invest 220 million EUR in scaling up its production of supercapacitors in Germany. The company has chosen Markranstädt in Leipzig area to establish its second manufacturing site in Saxony, with SOP expected in 2024.

Will Skeleton Technologies & Siemens make supercapacitors in Germany?

Leipzig, Germany – 19th July 2022: Skeleton Technologies and Siemens are announcing a far-reaching technology partnership for the development, planning and implementation of a fully automated, digitalized manufacturing plant to produce supercapacitors in Germany.

Are supercapacitors a good choice for high-power energy storage?

Siemens already uses our supercapacitors for their high-power energy storage. Skeleton and Siemens both believe that the global economy is undergoing structural changes in some of the largest CO2 emission sources such as power generation, transport, and industry. Supercapacitors are a key element in drastically reducing emissions in these sectors.