Alpiq and Mercedes supply storage solutions for old batteries from electric vehicles
Alpiq and Mercedes-Benz Energy are teaming up to give old car batteries a second life. The two companies have reached an agreement to develop a storage system for used e-vehicle batteries.
Alpiq offers industrial users a power storage unit based on old car batteries. The storage unit has a capacity of 1.5 megawatts. The batteries are supplied by Mercedes-Benz Energy.
Alpiq, in turn, plans the energy management system, installs it and configures the software, it says in an Communication of the Lausanne-based energy company.
Scalable energy
The system allows industrial users to reduce peak loads, stabilize the grid and integrate renewable energy. A single storage unit has a capacity of 1.5 megawatts and a gross capacity of 1.4 megawatt hours. It can be scaled up.
Alpiq already uses large stationary battery storage systems. It controls these with artificial intelligence. Since April 2019, for example, the company has been operating a battery storage system with a capacity of 1.2 megawatts for the Maienfeld power station
Joining forces for a "second battery life
As an interconnected storage system, such batteries make a significant contribution to energy efficiency and the reduction of peak loads for industrial companies, as well as to grid stabilization and the integration of renewable energies. With this holistic approach to electromobility, Alpiq and Mercedes-Benz Energy are contributing to the responsible use of the valuable resources built into an electric vehicle.
You can find more information about the battery storage of the Maienfeld power plant here.
