While battery storage growth in the US continues to vastly outpace that of Europe, the repurposing of used EV batteries into second life stationary storage systems is far more developed in the latter.
We speak to Sunrun senior director of market development and policy, Chris Rauscher, in the final instalment of our series of energy storage industry leader interviews at RE+ 2022.
Spain-based energy conversion equipment specialist Ingeteam has commissioned a 10MW/20MWh battery energy storage system at an existing wind farm in Australia.
Invinity Energy Systems and Eos Energy Enterprises are providing long duration energy storage systems to the ‘biggest renewables microgrid project in the US’, being developed for the Viejas Tribe of Kumeyaay Indians in Southern California.
Nissan, Renault and Mercedes-Benz are at the forefront of providing EV batteries for companies developing second life battery energy storage systems (BESS), but the market for such batteries is still thinly-traded.