Ambrosia Energy has commenced work on a 10 gigawatt-hour (GWh) battery factory located near Austin, Texas. Co-founder and CEO Ben Longmier announced the development on Tuesday at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco.
The facility will span 150,000 square feet, with Ambrosia planning to achieve full production within two to three years. This capacity is expected to enable the construction of approximately a 300 megawatt power plant annually at their field sites.
Ambrosia Energy, which emerged from stealth in June, focuses on building power plants for data centres. Their approach combines solar panels with batteries to provide continuous power, with solar panels charging batteries during the day for discharge at night or on cloudy days.
The company is also starting work on its first commercial power plant in West Texas later this year. This facility will integrate 300 megawatts of solar panels with 660 megawatt-hours of batteries to deliver 30 megawatts of continuous power, targeting 99.3% uptime.
Longmier stated that the company aims to be profitable at $100 per megawatt-hour, making it competitive with natural gas turbines. Ambrosia has simplified components like solar mounts and battery packs to reduce costs, manufacturing many parts in-house.