Second Life: Stationary Storage Markets
What happens to EV batteries when they degrade? They stabilize the grid.
Volume
200 GWh
Available by 2030
Cost
$40/kWh
Re-purposed Cost
Life
+10 Yrs
Stationary Service
Executive Summary
An EV battery with 80% capacity is "dead" for a car, but perfect for stationary storage. The "Second Life" market extends battery utility by 10-15 years before recycling.
The 80% Threshold
When an EV battery degrades to 80% capacity, range is compromised. However, the pack still holds massive amounts of energy. Repackaging these modules into stationary containerized solutions provides cheap storage for solar and wind farms, arbitraging energy prices.
Industrial Scale UPS
Data centers and hospitals require Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS). Second-life EV batteries offer a cleaner, faster-responding alternative to diesel generators. Startups like B2U Storage are already operating megawatt-scale facilities using old Nissan Leaf and Tesla packs.
Digital Provenance
Trading used batteries requires perfect data on their health history (State of Health, Charge Cycles). A trusted ledger is needed to grade and value these assets. EV.NET is the ideal domain to host the global exchange for second-life energy storage assets.
Own the Digital Infrastructure
As the market for Circular Economy matures, authoritative digital real estate becomes scarce. EV.NET is the category-defining asset for this sector.
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