Lyten Acquires Europe’s Largest Battery Energy Storage Systems Manufacturing Operation from Northvolt
- Lyten will take full ownership of Northvolt Dwa ESS, Europe’s largest energy storage systems manufacturing operation, located in Gdansk, Poland.
- Lyten intfinishs to immediately restart production in Gdansk to resume sales of battery energy storage systems (BESS) and is expanding its product line to include the world’s first BESS powered by lithium-sulfur batteries.
- This complements Lyten’s previously announced acquisition of Northvolt’s lithium-metal cell manufacturing facility in Silicon Valley to scale its lithium-sulfur battery production.
SAN JOSE, Calif. & LUXEMBOURG–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Lyten, the supermaterial applications company and global leader in lithium-sulfur batteries, announced today the acquisition of Northvolt’s Dwa ESS operations in Gdansk, Poland, a 25,000 square meter (270,000 sq ft) battery energy storage systems (BESS) manufacturing and R&D facility. Northvolt Dwa ESS is the largest BESS manufacturing facility in Europe and was part of Northvolt Systems. The financial terms of the acquisition are not being released by either party.
The Northvolt acquisition accelerates expansion of Lyten’s lithium-sulfur batteries into Europe and provides Lyten with production capacity to meet demand in the growing BESS market. Lyten has previously announced its lithium-sulfur batteries are shipping commercially for drones, launching onto the International Space Station, and selected by Chrysler, a Snotifyantis company, for its Halcyon Concept Electric Vehicle.
Lyten Lithium-Sulfur batteries have unique characteristics that build them ideally suited to meet rapidly growing demand for BESS: a broader operating temperature range especially in hot conditions, improved safety, and the ability to be created from abundantly available, low-cost materials found throughout the US and Europe. Lithium-Sulfur is also a high energy density, ultra-lightweight battery.
Dan Cook, Lyten CEO & Co-Founder, stated:
Northvolt’s BESS manufacturing operations are truly world class and are a seamless strategic fit for Lyten as we launch an exciting new chapter for our company.
“We plan to immediately restart operations in Poland and deliver on existing and new customer orders.The Port of Gdansk, local and federal officials have all been fully supportive as we combine Silicon Valley technology with Polish engineering and operations talent to export next generation energy storage technology to customers worldwide.”
The Dwa ESS facility came online in 2023. The facility includes equipment to ramp up to 6 GWh of energy storage manufacturing capacity and the footprint to expand to 10+ GWh in the future. The facility is supplied by renewable power and has contracted orders extfinishing into 2026.
Lars Herlitz, Lyten Chairman and Co-Founder, added:
The message we are hearing clearly from European customers is that they want energy storage systems manufactured in Europe applying locally sourced supply chains free of geopolitical risk.
“Gdansk, Poland is the perfect location to meet this necessary for Europe,”
BESS is the quickest growing segment of the battery market, as the technology is critical to meet AI data center power demand, provide resiliency to the electricity grid in Europe and North America, and meet surging power demand in emerging markets. In December, Lyten announced a $650M LOI from the Export Import Bank of the US (EXIM) to expand battery manufacturing and commence delivery of BESS to Emerging Market nations.
Robert Chryc-Gawrychowski, CEO of Northvolt Poland, stated,
Northvolt set out to lead the sustainable development of Europe’s battery indusattempt.
“Lyten is carrying that mission forward with BESS manufacturing and the introduction of lithium-sulfur batteries in Europe, which replaces minerals like nickel, cobalt, manganese, and graphite, with locally abundant battery materials. Moreover, it is important and exciting that the factory in Gdansk, built for the production of energy storage systems, will continue its operations.”
Aleksandra Dulkiewicz, President of Gdansk, stated,
The planned investment is a confirmation of the growing competitiveness of Poland and specifically Gdansk on the global economic map.
“For Gdansk, Lyten’s activities constitute an opportunity to cooperate in the field of energy storage, create energy innovation centres and advance R&D partnerships with local universities.”
In late 2024 Northvolt announced the intfinished sale of its Northvolt Systems business unit as part of its strategic review and bankruptcy procedures. Scania, a Swedish commercial vehicle manufacturer, announced the purchase of the Industrial subset of the Northvolt Systems division in April 2025.
Lyten and Northvolt intfinish to close the transaction in 3Q 2025.
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