Daimler, through its subsidiaries Deutsche ACCUmotive and Mercedes-Benz Energy, partnered with The Mobility House and GETEC ENERGIE in a project to convert a coal-fired power station (built in 1912 and recently shut down) into an energy storage system
The 9.8 MWh and 8.96 MW ESS was installed in Elverlingsen in South Westphalia, Germany. The ESS consist 1,920 new battery modules for the third generation electric smart, that are envisioned as replacement parts (for up to 600 cars).
Daimler intends to have such “live replacement parts stores” because lithium-ion batteries needs to be cycled from time to time anyway over the years. It opens the way for a double usage purpose – to help maintain the grid and store spare batteries.
For Daimler, battery energy storage is growing business with more than 40 MWh installed so far, including two earlier large projects:
-12.8 MWh: 2nd life battery storage plant that opened in Elverlingsen in 2016
-17.4 MWh: replacement part storage facility in Hanover
Daimler, through its subsidiaries Deutsche ACCUmotive and Mercedes-Benz Energy, partnered with The Mobility House and GETEC ENERGIE in a project to convert a coal-fired power station (built in 1912 and recently shut down) into an energy storage system
The 9.8 MWh and 8.96 MW ESS was installed in Elverlingsen in South Westphalia, Germany. The ESS consist 1,920 new battery modules for the third generation electric smart, that are envisioned as replacement parts (for up to 600 cars).
Daimler intends to have such “live replacement parts stores” because lithium-ion batteries needs to be cycled from time to time anyway over the years. It opens the way for a double usage purpose – to help maintain the grid and store spare batteries.
For Daimler, battery energy storage is growing business with more than 40 MWh installed so far, including two earlier large projects:
-12.8 MWh: 2nd life battery storage plant that opened in Elverlingsen in 2016
-17.4 MWh: replacement part storage facility in Hanover
