Gothenburg now boosts 2.8 MW system made from old Mercedes EV batteries
The Högsbo industrial area in Gothenburg is undergoing renewal with Stena Fastigheter and Ikano Bostad building a new neighbourhood called Humlestaden. 3,000 flats and community spaces will soon join the existing infrastructure and Gothenburg’s grid “which faces major challenges in the face of future capacity shortages,” writes Batteryloop.
According to the company, The BLESS III system can now store 2.6 usable megawatt-hours, equivalent to supplying 520 apartments with household electricity for 24 hours.
Owned by Swedish recycling group Stena Recycling, Batteryloop specialises in reusing spent EV batteries to build energy systems. The cooperation with Mercedes goes back to April 2022, when Batteryloop concluded a framework agreement with the carmaker’s Energy division to secure 40 MWh within 18 months.
Humlestaden is one beneficiary of the deal. Batteryloop holds another two orders for the BLESS III storage system, each with 2.8 megawatts. Joining Humlestaden are Karlshamn Kommun and Halmstad, as reported.
In Gothenburg, Batteryloop installed energy storage in the middle of the city’s electricity grid. The company adds that the installation allowed the new Humlestaden district to contribute positively to Gothenburg “even before the district is fully developed” by supporting the local grid with power during peak hours.
“This is very timely,” says Katarina Widén Allansson, regional manager of Väst at Ikano Bostad. “We see that we can contribute to the issue of sustainability partly through reuse, in this case of batteries, and partly to reduce energy costs in our current operations.”
According to Batteryloop, the service has already generated “significant income for the owner” since they installed the energy storage system during the spring and have been running it since mid-summer.
“The installation is (…) our largest energy storage that we have installed so far, and also Sweden’s largest energy storage made with reused batteries,” said Rasmus Bergström, CEO of BatteryLoop. “It is essential for us to contribute to sustainability issues from several aspects, both with reuse and the possibilities created with our energy storages.”
In January of this year, Batteryloop received another order from the Swedish real estate company Stena Fastigheter for six BLESS storages. The smaller units on order have a capacity of 295 kWh each and will be delivered to Gothenburg, Malmö and Stockholm.
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