Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) will use old electric vehicle batteries to store spare energy from the National Grid, and return it to the network to help meet peak demand. Pre-used batteries still have a storage capacity of 70% to 80%, which is not good enough to meet the requirements for a vehicle, but they can still serve a useful purpose for storage.
JLR recently announced that they would be building a huge gigafactory near Bridgwater in Somerset to manufacture batteries for its electric vehicles. However, the repurposed batteries will be stored at the Chelveston renewable energy park in Northamptonshire.
Energy storage is seen as a solution to the problem of excessive renewable energy being generated by wind farms during windy weather, when they often have to cease operating. It is thought that electric batteries will be able to store the excess energy that the National Grid can’t handle, and release it as and when needed.
François Dossa, Executive Director, Strategy And Sustainability at JLR said: “Our sustainability approach addresses the entire value chain of our vehicles, including circularity of EV batteries.”
He added: “Our EV batteries are engineered to the highest standards and this innovative project, in collaboration with Wykes Engineering, proves they can be safely reused for energy sector application to increase renewable energy opportunities.”
“Using the 70-80% residual capacity in EV batteries, before being recycled, demonstrates full adoption of circularity principles. Working together with industry-leading partners, we are developing a complete EV ecosystem, from batteries to charging, supporting our net-zero transformation.”
It is expected that by the end of the decade, reusing old electric vehicle batteries for energy storage will become standard practice.
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