Kia groups up with DB’s Encore on battery storage
The used EV batteries from Kia sellers throughout Europe are dismantled to a modular degree and reassembled to kind scalable battery power storage techniques.
“With our success within the electrification of Kia fashions, we additionally take accountability for the batteries past their lifetime within the automotive,” mentioned Jason Jeong, president at Kia Europe. “The pioneering partnership between Kia and encore/DB reveals that we regard batteries as a worthwhile useful resource when it comes to a sustainable round financial system.”
Battery transport
DB and Encore already present a battery take-back service throughout Europe. The transport of the used batteries and the brand new power storage items throughout Europe is primarily dealt with by the DB’s logistics divisions DB Schenker and DB Cargo. The battery packs are transported to Encore/DB’s dismantling associate, DellCon, by way of DB’s in depth logistics community to make sure sustainable and protected transport.
The packs are then dismantled to modular degree for diagnostic testing to evaluate battery state of well being.
The primary set up of reassembled storage techniques shall be on the Euref-Campus in Berlin, the place reassembled Kia Soul batteries will present 72kWH of power for a newly established energy grid. The Euref-Campus facility was arrange by Kia Europe and DB in August this 12 months and capabilities as a part of a Micro Sensible Grid, operated by inno2grid, a three way partnership between DB ECO Group and Schneider Electrical. The grid hyperlinks collectively totally different power sources, client and storage techniques. One of many first purposes is for EV charging, and the primary car to plug in was a Kia e-Niro.
The Euref-Campus is comprised of 24 battery modules in complete organized over three racks, with every module made up of 14 double cells. In accordance with Kia Motors, the facility conversion system is supported by an built-in battery administration system (BMS) developed by Stabl Power. That system compensates for the various states of well being between the battery modules by performing passive or energetic voltage balancing the place wanted.
DB’s head of infrastructure, Berthold Huber, mentioned it was now extra pressing than ever to save lots of energy.
“Our new second-life battery power storage techniques supply an answer that can also be sustainable,” he mentioned. “And that makes it a lovely possibility for any business.”
Sustainable logistics
DB Schenker and DB Cargo have been growing the sustainable energy era for freight actions in Germany. In June this 12 months DB Schenker introduced that it was shifting extra of its city accumulate and supply fleet to electrical drives by 2030. The corporate has already accomplished greater than 1.5m kms with a fleet of almost 80 electrically powered vehicles throughout European land transport community.
Earlier this 12 months DB Cargo and automotive logistics centre subsequent to the Mercedes-Benz plant in Bremen. DB Cargo is shifting battery techniques in a carbon-neutral method from the Mercedes-Benz plant in Hedelfingen, Stuttgartto Bremen for set up on the Mercedes EQE.
Mother or father firm Deutsche Bahn already makes use of inexperienced electrical energy to for greater than 60% of ordinary traction present and its freight prospects have the choices of reserving journeys which can be powered 100% by renewable power, corresponding to that generated by wind and hydro energy.
