Centrica Business Solutions Partners with U.S. Department of Energy on Battery Storage Trial

Centrica’s distributed energy and power business, Centrica Business Solutions, is to partner with the United States Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) on a trial that aims to explore the integration of multiple energy storage technologies, including second life batteries from electric vehicles.

Working from the NREL’s Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF), the research team will develop and demonstrate how hybrid battery storage technology could help tackle a variety of challenges to the grid including renewable intermittency and emergency back-up power.

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