{"id":516,"date":"2026-07-05T23:20:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T18:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=516"},"modified":"2026-07-05T23:20:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T18:20:32","slug":"south-koreas-lg-honda-start-ohio-storage-battery-output","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=516","title":{"rendered":"South Korea&#8217;s LG, Honda start Ohio storage battery output"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdnph.upi.com\/ph\/st\/th\/9031783130198\/2026\/upi_com\/90f36a47086ec90ab4a6702a15597d7d\/v1.5\/South-Koreas-LG-Honda-start-Ohio-storage-battery-output.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Visitors look around an LG Energy Solution booth at the InterBattery 2021 at COEX in Seoul, South Korea. Photo by YONHAP \/ EPA<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><span class=\"story_dl\">July 3 (Asia Today) &#8212;<\/span> A U.S. battery joint venture between South Korea&#8217;s LG Energy Solution and Honda has begun mass-producing lithium-ion cells for energy storage systems at its Ohio plant, the company said.<\/p>\n<p>L-H Battery Company began production Thursday at its factory in Jeffersonville, Fayette County.\n<\/p>\n<p>The cells will be supplied through LG Energy Solution Vertech, the South Korean company&#8217;s North American energy-storage system integration subsidiary.<\/p>\n<p>They are expected to be used in utility power grids as well as commercial, industrial and residential energy-storage systems across the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The Ohio plant was originally built primarily to manufacture batteries for Honda electric vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>The partners adjusted the factory&#8217;s production strategy as growth in the electric-vehicle market slowed and changes in the U.S. regulatory and policy environment increased uncertainty for automakers and battery manufacturers.<\/p>\n<p>The joint venture decided to prioritize the faster-growing energy-storage market while maintaining the flexibility to produce cells for other applications.\n<\/p>\n<p>It plans to consider manufacturing batteries for hybrid-electric vehicles at the plant as market conditions evolve.<\/p>\n<p>Honda said in May that it would convert part of the joint venture&#8217;s electric-vehicle battery production lines to make batteries for hybrid vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>The company also said it would use the Ohio battery facilities for other applications as it restructures its North American vehicle and battery production network.<\/p>\n<p>Honda canceled plans in March to develop and launch three electric-vehicle models that had been scheduled for production in North America, citing changes in the business environment.<\/p>\n<p>The start of storage-battery production marks a significant step in LG Energy Solution&#8217;s strategy to manufacture more energy-storage products within North America.<\/p>\n<p>Demand is rising as utilities add renewable-energy capacity and seek batteries that can store electricity when supply exceeds consumption.<\/p>\n<p>Artificial intelligence data centers are also increasing electricity demand and creating a need for additional power-generation, transmission and storage infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Energy-storage systems can help stabilize power grids by storing electricity during periods of low demand and releasing it when demand rises.<\/p>\n<p>LG Energy Solution has been converting or adapting electric-vehicle battery facilities to produce storage batteries as manufacturers respond to slower electric-vehicle growth.<\/p>\n<p>The company plans to operate five energy-storage battery manufacturing sites in North America.\n<\/p>\n<p>The network includes plants in Holland and Lansing, Mich., the NextStar Energy facility in Windsor, Ontario, the Ultium Cells factory in Spring Hill, Tenn., and the L-H Battery Company plant in Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>LG Energy Solution said it aims to secure more than 50 gigawatt-hours of annual energy-storage battery production capacity in North America by the end of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The company said batteries manufactured in Ohio will support projects serving power grids, businesses and homes.<\/p>\n<p>BloombergNEF has projected that the U.S. energy-storage market could expand to 485 gigawatt-hours in 2030 and 976 gigawatt-hours in 2035.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Energy storage systems are an important future business for L-H Battery Company and will become a core business pillar along with the production of battery cells for hybrid-electric vehicles,&#8221; L-H Battery Company Chief Executive Officer Koo Ja-hoon said.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Operating Officer Rick Riggle said the company has hired employees and begun production since the joint venture was established in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This start of mass production is significant because it goes beyond simply operating a plant and establishes a stable production base for our North American business,&#8221; Riggle said.<\/p>\n<p>LG Energy Solution and Honda formally established L-H Battery Company in 2023 to manufacture lithium-ion batteries in Ohio.\n<\/p>\n<p>The joint venture was initially designed to support Honda&#8217;s expanding electric-vehicle production in North America.<\/p>\n<p>The revised production strategy allows the companies to use the plant for energy storage and hybrid vehicles while retaining the ability to respond if electric-vehicle demand recovers.<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8212; Reported by Asia Today; translated by UPI<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>\u00a9 Asia Today. 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