Second life energy storage and BMS firm Element Energy has commissioned the largest project in the world using repurposed EV batteries, it claimed, with LG Energy Solutions (ES) Vertech revealed as a system integration partner going forward.

This edition of news in brief from around the world in energy storage includes Enel X, NineDot Energy and Nissan.

Sports car company Porsche has deployed a 10MWh BESS at its factory in Germany using batteries from its Taycan vehicle line.

While contractual parties are rarely ironing out end-of-life provisions for BESS, those that do are keeping their options open with the future value of degraded batteries far from clear, a UK-based lawyer said.

Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) specialist The Mobility House is moving into large-scale BESS project development and optimisation in Germany, starting with a 750MW project.

An estimated 80,000 professionals from the solar PV, energy storage and electric mobility sectors converge in Munich, Germany, each year.

Another edition of news in brief from around the world in energy storage, with Powin, ESS Inc and New Zealand’s Counties Energy.

A second life energy storage assembly plant has opened in Germany, amidst a rapid fall in battery prices which could threaten the economics of repurposing EV batteries into stationary units.

EU body EIT InnoEnergy has launched a new platform for owning and operating energy storage assets across Europe, called Repono, targeting a 10% market share of an expected 1TWh market by 2030.

The increasing cost-competitiveness of LFP battery cells has made first life batteries more attractive than second life ones, Finland-based BESS solutions firm Cactos told Energy-Storage.news after a €26 million (US$28.5 million) fundraise.