A first-of-a-kind, ultra-low cost second life battery solution unlocking the mass-market for resource-efficient home energy storage

英国正在朝着到2030年实现100% ZEV的目标取得良好进展，这符合巴黎协定和净零排放。然而，伯明翰大学、IET和IEA计算，到2040年，全球将有3000万至6000万吨废旧电动汽车电池;令人担忧的是，美国、欧盟和澳大利亚的回收率目前仅为5%。电池需求已经超过了回收，回收仍然很昂贵（每个典型的350公斤电池组约1，000英镑），推高了电动汽车价格，抑制了部署。Powervault是英国领先的家庭储能供应商，并在法拉第挑战赛支持下创建了世界上第一个第二次生命电池储能系统（SLBESS）;到2024年，为快速增长的家庭储能市场提供更低成本和资源高效的解决方案，价值175亿美元（SEI）。然而，安装成本和保修期短仍然是一个障碍。我们已经确定了一种技术解决方案，可以消除SLBESS的安装和O&M成本，这代表着与BAU的巨大差异，将打开大众市场并打开以前无法打开的销售路线。我们提出了一个为期12个月的研发项目，该项目以先前IIK资助的活动的成果为基础，开发具有大众市场潜力的突破性SLBESS产品，展示显著的附加值，并提供大众市场的废电动汽车电池解决方案，以促进NetZero和100% ZEV。

The UK is making good progress towards 100% ZEV by 2030, in line with the Paris Agreement and Net Zero. However, Birmingham University, IET and IEA calculate there will be 30-60m tonnes of waste EV batteries globally by 2040; alarming as US, EU and Australian recycling rates are presently 5%. Battery demand has outpaced recycling, which remains expensive(~£1,000 per typical 350kg battery pack), inflating EV prices and stifling deployment.Powervault is the UK's leading home energy storage provider and created the World's first Second Life Battery Electricity Storage System(SLBESS) with Faraday challenge support; a lower cost and resource efficient solution for the fast-growing home energy storage market worth $17.5bn by 2024(SEI). However installation costs and short warranties remain a barrier.We have identified a technological solution that can eliminate the installation and O&M costs of SLBESS, representing a dramatic departure from BAU that will unlock the mass-market and open previously unavailable sales routes. We propose a 12-month R&D project building on the outputs of previously IUK-funded activities to develop a ground-breaking SLBESS product with mass-market potential, demonstrating a significant value add and providing a mass-market waste EV battery solution to facilitate NetZero and 100% ZEV.