Samsung SDI
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Annual production capacity
20+
GWh/yr · vendor-reported
Bankability influence
Neutral
Company Size
Major
10000+ headcount
Vertical integration
High
Company Overview
Samsung SDI started in 1970 as Samsung-NEC. Based in Yongin, South Korea, it makes secondary batteries for energy storage systems and sells containerized Battery Box products, including the NCA-based SBB 1.7 and LFP-based SBB 2.0, plans to start US BESS production in 2026, and signed a three-year US LFP ESS cell supply deal worth more than KRW 2 trillion.
Headquarters
South Korea
Legal entity
Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
IPP / offtaker customers
NextEra Energy, Korea East-West Power
Integration footprint
United States
Production scale
20+ GWh/yr
Adjacent product lines
residential storage, EV charging, microgrid, solar PV, hydrogen, cloud or digital services, O&M / services
Major presence in Latin America, Europe, Middle East & North Africa, South Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania; Moderate presence in North America and Central Asia & CIS; no recorded presence in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Financial Health
Derived from the five sub-metrics below — 2 moderate · 3 suboptimal.
Reference Project
Project
Shannonbridge BESS ; greenfield site adjacent to the Shannonbridge 220kV transmission station near ESB’s West Offaly Power, Shannonbridge, County Offaly, Ireland
Cell & System Architecture
Cell chemistry
Cell format
Named chemistries
Block architecture
Application segments
Battery Management System
Samsung SDI’s BMS for ESS and SBB tracks battery data, including cell voltage and temperature. AI checks real-time state-of-health and state-of-charge data to predict battery life and find potential cell issues before they arise.
Corporate & Listing
Key Investor
Samsung Electronics
Recent Developments
Samsung SDI’s US subsidiary won a three-year contract worth more than KRW 2 trillion to supply LFP batteries to the US stationary energy storage market. It is the company’s first long-term LFP deal in that market.
Certifications
Management Systems (ISO)
ESG & Sustainability
Samsung SDI has an AA MSCI ESG rating, appears in the DJSI World, and has CDP sector-leader recognition for carbon management. It aims for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions and 100% renewable electricity across its operations and supply chain by 2050, and in 2024 it cut about 600,000 tons of emissions, reached about 14% recycled metal use, and earned Zero Waste to Landfill Platinum certification at all production sites.
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