Sungrow will build its first European manufacturing facility in Wałbrzych, Poland, as part of a €230m investment covering 65,400m², strengthening the company’s regional supply chain and logistics footprint.
The factory is scheduled to begin operations within 12 months and will create around 400 jobs in the Dolny Śląsk region. Once fully operational, the plant will have annual production capacity of up to 20GW of inverters and 12.5GWh of energy storage systems, supported by advanced manufacturing processes and strict quality controls.
Shawn Shi, president of Sungrow Europe, said the project represents a major milestone for the company’s European strategy.
“The facility will allow us to be closer to customers while creating highly skilled jobs,” he said, adding that the investment will help Sungrow develop a more stable European supply chain and improve delivery times and distribution efficiency across the region.
Marcin Lerner, president of the management board of the Wałbrzych Special Economic Zone, said the investment underlines Poland’s growing importance in Europe’s clean energy value chain.
“The Sungrow investment confirms the growing importance of Poland in the European clean energy value chain and shows that Poland – especially the highly industrialised and technologically advanced Dolny Śląsk region – is one of the most attractive places for the development of energy technologies in Europe,” Lerner said, citing public support programmes, stable economic growth and access to technical universities and skilled workers.
Shi added that Dolny Śląsk’s strengths in electronics, automation and advanced manufacturing made it an ideal location for the new facility, with Sungrow planning to recruit locally and work closely with surrounding communities.
Sungrow has operated in Europe since 2005 and now runs 25 offices, two R&D centres, 26 warehouses and three training and service hubs from its regional headquarters in Munich. Its European portfolio includes an 800MWh battery energy storage project in Belgium, the 330MWh Bramley ESS in the UK, a 70MW PV plant in Finland, a 14MW rooftop PV system in Sweden, a 70MW hybrid project in Turkey and the recently launched Przewóz development in Poland.
