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Renault-Nissan Ponder Huge Battery Storage Facility in Europe
The Renault-Nissan alliance is considering a plan to build a giant battery array in Europe that could store enough power to serve 120,000 homes, sources tell Reuters.
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The Renault-Nissan alliance is considering a plan to build a giant battery array in Europe that could store enough power to serve 120,000 homes, sources tell Reuters.
The 100-megawatt facility would redeploy batteries originally built for electric cars. Such second-hand batteries typically have 10 years of additional service life as stationary storage devices.
The Renault-Nissan facility could replace a coal- or gas-fired electrical generating plant or be used to manage peak demand on the region’s power grid. Renault confirms it working with The Mobility House—an 8-year-old, German-based group aligned with 14 major European and Japanese carmakers—to determine the feasibility of such a project.
Reuters notes that Nissan, which is 44% owned by Renault, previously partnered with The Mobility House to build a backup power storage facility for the Amsterdam Arena soccer facility. The 8-megawatt installation harnesses the equivalent of 280 Nissan Leaf electric-car batteries.
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