DOE Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations’ Post

Award Wednesday Announcement! OCED awarded nearly $1M (of the total project federal cost share of up to $10 million) to the Long-Duration Energy Storage Demonstrations (LDES) Program's Second Life Smart Systems (SMART) project, led by Smartville Inc. With the growing supply of retired EV batteries that still hold energy value, and sustained demand for energy storage systems, Smartville’s second-life battery solution was designed to repurpose spent EV batteries and unlock their untapped value. The SMART project aims to demonstrate the viability of repurposed lithium-ion electric vehicle (EV) batteries in LDES systems across a range of use cases, environments, and sizes—from smaller scale (50kW x 10 hour) to larger scale (200kW x 10 hour). Across its several locations, the SMART project plans to improve grid resilience, support EV charging, facilitate clean energy technologies for use in a town renovation project, and offer educational and training opportunities at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eRr6qP6X To stay up-to-date on all future awards, funding opportunities, news announcements, upcoming events, and more, sign up for our newsletter: https://lnkd.in/eDJVVENA

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Khaled A. Yousef, P.E., CEM, CDSM, LEED AP, GBE

Principal Energy Engineer & Founder of Pyramid Energy Engineering Services, PLLC (Pyramid EES)

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I am very pleased to see the US DOE making such a creative and innovative award, which will undoubtedly generate multiple benefits in terms of repurposing, reusing, and reimagining the applications of spent EV lithium-ion batteries. My question/comment is: Would the project consider a mix-and-match approach, utilizing varying battery capacities from different auto manufacturers in the battery bank? This could potentially increase the availability of spent EV lithium-ion batteries, maximize the benefits, and significantly reduce our battery recycling costs through such reuse.

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