• Reduces energy bills and CO2 emissions

YVERDON LES BAINS, Switzerland, February 16, 2018: Leclanché SA (SIX: LECN), one of the world’s leading energy storage solution companies, announced today a partnership with Imeon Energy, developer of intelligent inverters for solar installations, to provide homes and small businesses in Switzerland with hi-tech storage solutions for energy self-sufficiency and to reduce their energy bills and CO2 emissions.

Under the agreement, Leclanché will package Imeon Energy’s new generation hybrid solar inverters with its lithium-ion energy battery storage products. The solution, called PowerPack™, will be applicable to properties with solar panels.

PowerPack™ is one of few solutions that are fully compliant with Switzerland’s ‘three phase’ home and small business energy management requirements. It is the first to be applicable for the canton of Vaud’s CHF100 million subsidy scheme for home and small business energy production and management. Leclanché has already received orders from customers within the subsidized scheme.

Anil Srivastava, Leclanché CEO, said: “We are delighted to announce this partnership with Imeon Energy, a world-class leader in solar inverter technology, and to provide the first home and small business energy systems for self-reliance that are fully compliant with Swiss regulations. Consumers will benefit from a future-proofed, highly efficient energy management system. We are very pleased to have received our first orders and excited about rolling-out our solution across Switzerland.”

Christophe Goasguen, CEO of Imeon Energy, said: “We are very pleased that Leclanché selected us as a partner for its home battery solutions. The company has been a world-leading innovator in energy storage for many years and we look forward to a successful partnership together.”

PowerPack’s™ unique three phase hybrid system increases generating efficiency by 30% and enables the provision of emergency power. The product includes remote monitoring and artificial intelligence that in the near future will enable the management of connected devices in the home or small business. The product is easy to install and use. Its national launch follows a trial in 10 pioneer houses in the canton of Jura.

Customers are able to use Leclanché’s online calculator to estimate the cost of installing the storage solution.

Leclanché will shortly announce an agreement with an installation service provider for the package.

About Leclanché

Headquartered in Switzerland, Leclanché SA is a leading provider of high-quality energy storage solutions designed to accelerate our progress towards a clean energy future. Leclanché’s history and heritage is rooted in over 100 years of battery and energy storage innovation and the Company is a trusted provider of energy storage solutions globally. This coupled with the Company’s culture of German engineering and Swiss precision and quality, continues to make Leclanché the partner of choice for both disruptors, established companies and governments who are pioneering positive changes in how energy is produced, distributed and consumed around the world. The energy transition is being driven primarily by changes in the management of our electricity networks and the electrification of transport, and these two end markets form the backbone of our strategy and business model. Leclanché is at the heart of the convergence of the electrification of transport and the changes in the distribution network. Leclanché is the only listed pure play energy storage company in the world, organised along three business units: stationary storage solutions, e-Transport solutions and specialty batteries systems. Leclanché is listed on the Swiss Stock Exchange (SIX: LECN).

SIX Swiss Exchange: ticker symbol LECN | ISIN CH 011 030 311 9

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Contacts Leclanché

Media Switzerland /Europe:

Thierry Meyer

T: +41 (0) 79 785 35 81

E-mail: tme@dynamicsgroup.ch

Media North America:

Henry Feintuch / Ashley Blas

T: +1-914-548-6924 / +1-509-494-4053

E-mail: leclanche@feintuchpr.com  

Media Germany:

Christoph Miller

T: +49 (0) 711 947 670

E-mail: leclanche@sympra.de

Investor Contacts:

Anil Srivastava / Hubert Angleys

T: +41 (0) 24 424 65 00

E-mail: invest.leclanche@leclanche.com