Hall expects his business model to become more profitable as the supply of used batteries grows, and B2U is already expanding its facility. “We also sell capacity into the market, and some ancillary services.” Focusing on system scalability 12 second life Nissan LEAF batteries with a total capacity of 192 kWh 6 Power Converters produced by ABB developed in the. “Then you have energy sales-as you have intermittency and unexpected price spikes, we can capture that with our trading strategies in the wholesale market,” Hall tells Canary Media. In a recent video from Canary Media, B2U CEO Freeman Hall says his company is making “good money.” In the summer, the facility sells energy for as much as $200 per MWh, and charges the batteries at a cost of about $25/MWh. At peak usage times, when prices climb, the batteries discharge their energy to the grid. (NNA) and ABB, the world’s leading power and technology group, along with 4R Energy and Sumitomo Corporation of America, have formed a partnership to evaluate the reuse of lithium-ion battery packs that power the Nissan LEAF. The batteries are charged by the solar farm at times when energy prices are low, typically mornings. Nissan, ABB Link to Evaluate Second-Life Storage Applications for Nissan Leaf Battery Packs. The battery array currently offers 4 MWh of storage, and can deliver 2.75 MW of power. The company says its solar panels generate up to 1.65 megawatts of power, while its retired Nissan Leaf batteries can retain 10 megawatt-hours of storage. It consists of a 1 MW solar farm and several small structures, each containing around 20 LEAF batteries, all in their original cases. The company has been bidding into the California power market for over a year, and is earning some respectable revenue, thank you.ī2U’s solar/storage facility is located in Lancaster, California, on the edge of the Mojave Desert.

California company B2U Storage Solutions is using repurposed Nissan LEAF batteries in a commercial operation. Nissan began producing the first generation Leaf battery electric car at its Oppama plant in 2010, and has now giving old battery packs from those vehicles a second life in automated guided. Second-life EV batteries are being used in pilots around the world to demonstrate their suitability for a wide variety of stationary storage applications. Posted Octoby Charles Morris & filed under Fleets and Infrastructure, Newswire, The Infrastructure. This company is earning money with second-life Nissan LEAF batteries

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