- RWE redeploys electric bus batteries in a stationary energy storage system.
- This test run is to demonstrate and validate a BESS project using bus batteries.
RWE, a Germany-headquartered energy company in collaboration with bus manufacturer VDL Bus & Coach, redeploys electric bus batteries in a stationary energy storage system. RWE will create a 7.5MW power Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) for use at one of its power plants in Moerdijk, Netherlands using 43 batteries from VDL electric buses.
The CEO of VDL Bus & Coach, Paul van Vuuren, said: “In project Anubis, we are initially using batteries taken from 43 electric VDL buses operated by Transdev in Eindhoven since 2016. These vehicles are getting upgraded with newer and larger battery packs. However, the used batteries still have enough capacity to deliver efficiently in stationary applications.”
The aim of this test run with VLD is to demonstrate and validate a BESS project using bus batteries and enable the large-scale rollout of similar systems. The company has 1,100 electric buses in operation today. He added that the application still required a lot of learning, so with RWE, VDL would collect data on the project. The aim is to demonstrate and validate a BESS project using bus batteries and enable the large-scale rollout of similar systems.