Justin Lemmon, co-founder and Head of International Operations of Lohum, Gordon Gassman, CEO of Mercedes-Benz Energy. Image: Business Wire.
Mercedes-Benz Energy, part of the large automotive OEM, has expanded its range of second life energy storage partnerships into India through a 50MWh per annum module supply deal with local firm Lohum.
The two companies announced a strategic partnership with a 50MWh per annum multi-year supply agreement yesterday (4 January). It is Mercedes-Benz Energy’s (MBE) first partner for second life energy storage applications in Asia.
MBE will supply multiple second life module variants to Lohum, a company which claims to be India’s largest producer of sustainable lithium-ion battery raw materials through recycling, repurposing and refining. Part of this is developing second life energy storage applications which Lohum also claims…