This Southern California solar farm is using retired EV batteries for storing the power and then send to the grid when needed. This way the retired batteries can extend their usefulness for several…::A Southern California company is showing how repurposing EV batteries for stationary storage can extend their usefulness for several years.

  • Otter@lemmy.ca
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    11 months ago

    Yea, with a car you can’t really use them once the range gets low enough

    With this, a bunch of batteries can work together for much longer. You also don’t need to worry about weight since they’re in one place

    • MyPornAlt@lemmynsfw.com
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      11 months ago

      There’s also something about their peak current being reduced with age, and in this use case, they don’t really need that peak current, so they really can stay useful for a long time in this use case