Featured in Disrupt this space – 01-2015

Battery backup for the edges

Battery storage: There is considerable activity in the battery storage sector from established companies and startups alike. Tesvolt is the latest startup to enter the space, offering a 100 kWh to 1 MWh storage solution, with a retail price starting at 330/kWh ($393/kWh). The primary market Tesvolt is seeking to address is to supply backup power and pv magazine visited its first major installation, literally at the edge of one grid, to find out more.

By

Jonathan Gifford

21 Jan 2015

At the edge of the forest, amongst villages in which time appears to have stood still, stands a 192 kWh battery array that is on the cutting edge of storage technology. Crucially, it also stands right at the edge of the grid. In the German state of Wittenberg, roughly between Berlin and Leipzig, the Tesvolt …

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