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Swiss startup’s subscription model offers lifetime guarantee for second-life batteries Switzerland startup Evolium Technologies' subscription-based business model offers residential battery owners a lifetime guarantee on second life batteries. The startup tests and remotely monitors each battery cell so it can alert customers when a cell is under-performing.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Apr 02, 2026

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Second-life EV batteries get tick from US data center operator Solar-plus-storage gets a tick to directly supply data centers in this expansion of a microgrid deal that ties in second-life electric vehicle (EV) batteries.

Mar 25, 2026

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Epic Energy, REFNIC partner for lithium-ion battery recycling and second-life facility in India Epic Energy has selected REFNIC as the technical partner for setting up a lithium-ion battery shredding facility with an installed capacity of 500 kilograms per hour of black-mass production, and a second-life battery assembly plant with an installed processing capacity of approximately 10 MWh per month.

Feb 03, 2026

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French grid operator taps recycled batteries to lower energy bills In Morbihan, in the northwest of France, the local network operator is turning to recycled batteries to to reduce electricity costs for municipalities in the region.

Jan 06, 2026

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Carmaker uses repurposed EV batteries to help power production plant Repurposed electric vehicle batteries have been used for the energy storage component of a solar and battery project that is now helping power operations at carmaker Nissan Australia’s aluminium casting plant in Victoria.

Jan 02, 2026

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OMC Power, Honda Motor partner on energy storage solutions from repurposed EV batteries OMC Power, a distributed renewable energy (DRE) company targeting 1 GWp clean energy portfolio in India, and Honda Motor have partnered on innovative business models in energy storage and battery repurposing from the electric mobility ecosystem.

Oct 28, 2025

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Voltfang opens second-life storage fab in Aachen, billed as Europe’s largest The company said the site is the largest battery storage factory of its kind in Europe and is expected to reach 250 MWh of annual production capacity next year, rising to 1 GWh before 2031.

Sandra Enkhardt

Aug 21, 2025

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Canada’s Moment Energy lands $15m for US second-life battery gigafab The Vancouver-based company, which repurposes used electric vehicle (EV) batteries for stationary energy storage sites, wants to open a site in the United States.

Feb 06, 2025

Policy

Germany’s DIN and DKE offer guidance for companies preparing for EU battery passport The German Institute for Standardization (DIN) and the German Commission for Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies (DKE) have developed a standard that defines the data attributes of battery passports, which will become mandatory.

Jan 16, 2025

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Port of Alicante to rent batteries made from used EV devices The port will install three 7 MW systems, each comprised of hundreds of 14 kW modules assembled by startup GDV.

Pilar Sanchez Molina

Jan 06, 2025

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Boralex plans li-ion and vanadium flow hybrid in France, Acciona colocates new and second-life EV batteries in Spain Canada's Boralex will combine two battery types at an innovative site in France and Acciona Energía will study the performance of new, versus second-life, electric vehicle (EV) batteries at a stationary storage site in Badajoz, Spain.

Pilar Sanchez Molina

Dec 20, 2024

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Webasto harnesses second life batteries for its German site Christian Gallner, plant manager at Webasto's Schierling battery manufacturing site, said the decision to power the plant using second-life batteries was an important part of its commitment to the circular economy.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Nov 27, 2024

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World’s largest second-life battery storage project joins Texas grid In what appears to be the world's largest project of the kind, Element Energy's 53 MWh storage project – consisting of repurposed EV batteries – is now operating in West Central Texas. The startup is now looking to deploy its 2 GWh second-life battery inventory on the back of a new partnership with LG Energy Solutions Vertech.

Nov 22, 2024

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Vision Mechatronics launches India’s first high-voltage second-life battery Vision Mechatronics has partnered with JSW MG Motors India to repurpose retired MG ZS EV batteries for industrial use. The initial deployment of the battery is in a Pune-based facility. It uses six modules from MG ZS EV batteries and is paired with an industrial UPS to deliver 36 kW of power.

Oct 11, 2024

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Unique battery reuse, repair and recycling plant opened in Germany In Magdeburg, Germany, the Battery Lifecycle Company (BLC) has opened a plant for battery recycling, repair and testing for second-life stationary storage applications. The company claims the newly inaugurated plant is the world’s first fully automatic battery deep discharge facility in the world.

Sep 02, 2024

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Porsche reveals second-life BESS at its Leipzig plant Porsche has revealed a battery energy storage system (BESS) at its Leipzig powered by second-life Porsche Taycan batteries. The project is based on a feasibility study in collaboration with the University of Applied Sciences Zwickau in Saxony, Germany.

Aug 09, 2024

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