Moment Energy plans to open a large battery repurposing facility in Vancouver by June 2026
The site will convert retired EV batteries into energy storage systems for utilities, industry, and data centers
The facility is expected to reach 1 GWh capacity by 2030 and create over 100 jobs
Canada-headquartered Moment Energy has announced plans to build a large-scale battery repurposing facility in Vancouver, British Columbia. On completion, it will be the world’s ‘largest certified, non-FEOC second-life battery facility’ with capacity reaching 1 GWh by 2030.
The new facility will support rising demand for energy storage from utilities, industrial users, and data centers as these entities put increasing pressure on the electricity supply. It will also help expand domestic energy storage infrastructure in North America, according to Moment Energy, which is backed by Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund, Voyager Ventures, In-Q-Tel, Evok Innovations, among others.
The Vancouver plant will repurpose retired electric vehicle (EV) batteries into battery energy storage systems (BESS). According to the company, this will offer a lower-cost, faster-to-deploy alternative to newly manufactured batteries.
“With hundreds of gigawatt-hours of batteries expected to come offline in the coming decade, second-life battery systems represent a scalable, near-term solution to energy storage shortages,” explains the management.
Moment Energy said the facility will operate as a fully vertically integrated system covering battery intake, testing, integration, and deployment, and create more than 100 skilled jobs. It will also operate under UL 1974 certification and maintain a fully domestic North American battery supply chain, reducing reliance on imports.
“This is about building the infrastructure needed to support the next generation of energy demand,” said Edward Chiang, Co-Founder and CEO of Moment Energy. “We are proud to establish this facility in Canada, the country where Moment Energy was founded, to foster domestic manufacturing.”
Construction on site is expected to be completed within 6 weeks, and operations beginning by the end of June 2026.
The announcement follows Moment Energy’s recent $40 million Series B funding round led by Evok Innovations, bringing its total capital raised to more than $100 million.