Rubenius to Build 1 GW of Energy Storage in Baja California

Rubenius, an energy company based in United Arab Emirates, intends to build up to 1,000 megawatts of energy storage at a site in Baja California, Mexico at an estimated cost of $4 billion.

Mexican President Felipe Calderon, made the announcement.

Rubenius has purchased 140 hectares of land in Baja California NAS energy storage batteries. Rubenius intends to offer energy
storage to energy companies and utilities in Mexico and the U.S.

The site chosen is Silicon Border’s Science Park–developed for manufacturing technology products in Mexicali,
Mexico. The location was chosen because of its existing infrastructure
and close proximity to both the Baja California power grid and the U.S.
grid including the new Sunrise Power Grid expansion.

The
energy storage is expected to make deployment of wind energy and solar
energy more viable.

The Baja California operation will create more than 200 direct
green jobs and 800 indirect green jobs in the region.

“After meetings with Mexico’s President Calderon and the Minister of Economy, Bruno Ferrari, as well as various communities in Mexico, we felt a manufacturing base in Baja California will enable us to address markets throughout North America,” said Claus Rubenius, Chairman of Rubenius. “Furthermore, we believe the regional approach to become a mega center of energy and technology on the border of Mexico and San Diego is the best way to capitalize on the strengths of the people and both countries.”

In addition to the energy storage site and future manufacturing in Mexico, Rubenius will establish a research and development center in San Diego. The California location will include labs for smart grid products and services. The company expects to immediately employ more than 60 researchers, expanding to more than 200 employees for current products. The company will outsource many operations creating more than 400 additional green jobs in the region, it said.

Rubenius is the recently created parent company of Amplex, originally incorporated in Denmark in 2001 (now Amplex-Emirates in U.A.E.). With offices in the U.A.E., Shanghai, Johannesburg and Moscow, Rubenius (Amplex) was founded by its Chairman, Claus Rubenius to focus on utility service, including energy warehousing.