Smartville’s first commercially operating energy storage system, in San Diego, California. Image: Smartville Inc.
We caught up with Mike Ferry, president of California-based second life energy storage firm Smartville Inc.
Second life energy storage, the repurposing of EV batteries into stationary systems, has taken off this year. As readers of Energy-Storage.news’ coverage of the space will know, this year has seen several new companies appear and raise tens of millions of dollars, procurement deals with vehicle OEMs in the hundreds of MWh and even now GWh-scale, and even systems using multiple battery chemistries.
California-based Smartville is one of those looking to capitalise on the opportunity in North America, along with its main competitors Moment Energy, Element Energy and B2U. Ferry discussed the company’s product and value proposition, its existing…