![]() The largest barriers to repurposing used EV batteries are the cost of disassembly, long test times, and uncertainty of the remaining useful life. Source: GFO-19-310 Pre-Application Workshop. Extending the life of used EV batteries further lessens the need for mining of rare earth minerals, thereby making batteries as an energy storage solution more sustainable. This presents opportunities for repurposing EV batteries as low-cost stationary storage in a second-life application. The underlying goal is to deploy second life batteries from electric vehicles for use in a microgrid application.Īs EVs reach end-of-life, batteries often retain from 70-90% of their original capacity. The California Energy Commission Grant proposal was for the solicitation (GFO-19-310) Validating Capability of Second-life Batteries to Cost-Effectively Integrate Solar Power for Small-Medium Commercial Building Applications. CleanSpark has also agreed to provide over $88,000 in matched funding. CleanSpark expects to receive approximately $470,000 of the grant funding for its microgrid design and mVSO software services and follow-on deployment of its mPulse software and controls. ReJoule and CleanSpark will be further supported by Ford Motor Company, BigBattery, and GRID Alternatives. The funds will be distributed to the multi-group partnership of clean energy and technology companies. The grant is slated to be deployed over the next 30 months. The California Energy Commission has awarded an approximately $2.9-million grant to CleanSpark, Inc., a diversified software and services company, and ReJoule, a battery diagnostics and optimization company.
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