The NextStar Energy Ltd. battery plant in Windsor, Ont. Photo by DAN JANISSE/WINDSOR STAR FILES

Nextstar Energy Ltd. will produce batteries for energy storage, not electric vehicles , when its gigafactory in Windsor, Ont. begins commercial production next month.

Expanding into the growing market for energy storage production will keep the plant busy until EV sales pick up again, said Danies Lee, chief executive of Nextstar.

“The EV market is slowed down,” said Lee, chief executive of Nextstar. “It’s like a trend that will come soon, but it does not come as soon as we expect it, so while we are waiting, we have this opportunity from the (energy storage system) ESS market.”

ESS batteries are essentially large, rechargeable batteries that store energy during off-peak hours and releas

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