SolarEdge rapidly ramps Utah plant, starts shipping USA-made home batteries

• SolarEdge has begun volume production of its 9.7-kWh “USA Edition” Home Battery at a new Salt Lake City facility, the third U.S. site in a domestic-content push that will create 2,000 manufacturing jobs and shorten supply chains for residential solar-plus-storage.

SolarEdge Technologies has switched its new Salt Lake City, Utah, manufacturing line from pilot runs to commercial output, shipping the first batches of its “USA Edition” Home Battery to U.S. installers in the first quarter and now accelerating toward full-rate production. The site represents a US $700-million multiyear investment aimed at onshoring energy-storage hardware and strengthening the company’s domestic supply chain. 

The Utah facility joins previously announced SolarEdge plants in Texas and Florida, bringing the company’s U.S. manufacturing footprint to three states and more than 2,000 skilled positions. By assembling batteries, optimizers and inverters entirely on U.S. soil, SolarEdge says customers can more easily meet the Inflation Reduction Act’s “domestic content” bonus credit while hedging against global logistics shocks.

The DC-coupled Home Battery stores 9.7 kWh per unit and delivers 5 kW of continuous power (7.5 kW peak). It is stackable—up to three batteries per SolarEdge Home Hub inverter—and is among the first residential batteries to clear UL 9540A fire-safety tests, allowing indoor installation. A dedicated SKU simplifies compliance tracking, while the built-in SolarEdge ONE energy-management platform schedules exports during peak-rate windows.

Company executives positioned the Utah ramp-up as evidence that the IRA’s advanced-manufacturing incentives are working. “This expansion not only supports our growth objectives but also shortens lead times for installers and homeowners,” said SolarEdge general manager Marty Rogers, adding that domestic production should improve quality control and spare-parts availability.

Industry analysts note that residential battery demand is surging in states such as California—where new net-billing rules favor self-consumption—and across the Northeast as utilities adopt time-of-use rates. By pairing higher round-trip efficiency with a U.S. origin label, SolarEdge aims to capture a larger share of that market while insulating itself from potential import tariffs and shipping bottlenecks.