Melilla, where the storage system will be located, sits in a Spanish enclave on Morocco’s northeast coast. Image: JJ Merelo.
Energy group Enel has started operating a 4MW/1.7MWh backup power storage system at a plant in Spain’s North African territory using 78 repurposed Nissan electric vehicle (EV) batteries.
The ‘Second Life’ project is located at a conventional power plant in Melilla operator by the company’s Spanish arm Endesa.
The battery energy storage system (BESS) uses 48 disused EV batteries and another 30 new batteries included for performance comparison and was assembled by system integrator Loccioni.
The company says that each battery pack removed from the vehicle is placed directly into the overall storage system exactly as it was in the vehicle, without the need for disassembly.
Melilla is located in a Spanish enclave on Moroccan…