Allye Energy to supply its new MAX500 battery storage systems in biggest deal to date

New UK-based energy storage company Allye Energy has announced a new supply contract and new system sizes as it continues to make use of second-life EV batteries in portable applications.

The company has a focus on supplying energy via storage wherever it’s needed, for long-term and short-term arrangements, which have included providing remote power at sites, along with recharging electric vehicles during development testing and at events like Glastonbury in the UK/

In its latest deal, which the company said was its largest, Allye has agreed to supply five of its MAX500 units, sized at (approximately 420 kW / 500 kWh) via an order by the Vital Power Group in the UK for construction purposes on client sites, worth over £1m (USD 1.34 million).

The new MAX500 units also provide DC fast recharging direct from the box, the first of Allye’s range to handle the task, with some flexibility benefits: the systems can directly supply an EV while also recharging from any public DC fast charger. And, for large-scale projects, the MAX500 units can recharge each other in the field when required.

Allye’s existing range, at MAX300, MAX1000, and MAX1500, all representing a kWh figure of storage available for use, with rising higher power outputs as well: MAX300 (approximately 300 kWh, 280 kW), MAX1000 (approx. 1 MWh, 840 kW), MAX500 as already listed, and MAX1500 (approx. 1.5 MWh, 1.25 MW).

“The MAX500 solves one of construction electrification’s most challenging problems: keeping heavy equipment charged and productive across sprawling sites,” said Alistair McNeil, COO of Allye Energy. “Our mobile battery systems bring charging infrastructure to the equipment, maintaining productivity whilst eliminating emissions.”

“The MAX500 systems from Allye offer mobile, zero-emission energy storage that helps construction sites overcome grid constraints whilst maintaining operational uptime,” said Josh Wright, CEO of Vital Power Group, Allye’s distribution partner.

Back in October this year, the company raised $2.5 million seed round, led by continued investment from Elbow Beach and Alpha Future Funds, and in the same month, announced its three-year sales and service distribution partnership with Vital Power Group across the UK and Europe.