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‘Second-life’ battery project is B2U’s second in ERCOT, with more on the way

A strategic supply agreement with Waymo and rising EV adoption rates will expand the company’s access to older batteries still fit for use in stationary storage, CEO Freeman Hall said.

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A strategic supply agreement with Waymo and rising EV adoption rates will expand the company’s access to older batteries still fit for use in stationary storage, CEO Freeman Hall said. Like its first project in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas market, the Bexar Martinez installation has a rated power capacity around 10 MW, making it eligible for faster energization under ERCOT’s interconnection process for small generators . Each project has more than 700 batteries previously used to power electric cars.

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