CleanBC supports B.C. company to repurpose old EV batteries

B.C.’s Moment Energy is repurposing retired electric vehicle (EV) batteries to provide reliable and clean-energy storage to urban and remote, diesel-dependent communities and create new jobs with support from the CleanBC Go Electric Advanced Research and Commercialization (ARC) program.“Developing technology to repurpose old EV batteries into new clean-electricity storage devices for remote communities is a great example of B.C. solving a global problem while improving the lives of British Columbians,” said Bruce Ralston, Minister of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation. “By supporting innovation in clean tech, we are contributing to low-carbon economic recovery, helping realize our decarbonization potential and unlocking the innovation that B.C. has in store.”Based in Port Coquitlam, Moment Energy’s project is one of 17 projects…

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