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Connected Energy, Forsee Power to develop grid-scale energy storage using second-life eBus batteries

By Tim RileyPosted on May 7, 2025Posted in bess, connected energy, decarbonisation, electric vehicles, energy storage, forsee power, News, Renewables, second life, Technology

Connected Energy has announced that it has partnered with Forsee Power to jointly design and develop a new kind of battery energy storage system (BESS) using second-life batteries from electric buses. The system will utilise Forsee Power’s ZEN 35 and ZEN 42 batteries, which Forsee Power states are currently in use in around 1,500 electric […]

Evyon and Elywhere merge to use second life batteries for EV charging

By Tim RileyPosted on May 7, 2025Posted in bess, electric vehicles, elywhere, ev charging, evyon, News, norway, second life ev, Technology

Second life BESS firm Evyon will provide batteries for EV charging infrastructure provider Elywhere in a merger between the two companies. The merger aims to ‘establish the combined entity as a global leader in the intersection of charging and energy storage’, the announcement said. Evyon is a ‘second life’ energy storage firm which repurposes electric […]