The Redwood Energy platform is a fast and affordable alternative that aims to repurpose batteries from decommissioned electric vehicles into reliable energy storage systems.
Redwood Energy renews the battery cycle
Each year, more than 100,000 electric vehicles roll off U.S. roads, leaving behind battery packs with more than 50% of their operational capacity. Redwood Materials, through its Redwood Energy platform, is tapping into this reserve to build modular second-life battery storage systems, providing a more affordable and sustainable solution than manufacturing new batteries.
Redwood’s national logistics enables it to collect about 70% of the packages available in North America. Each unit is evaluated with proprietary technology for reuse or recycling. Qualifying batteries are assembled into scalable and flexible systems, with capabilities for grid integration or stand-alone operation. Finally, when they reach the end of their useful life, the cells flow directly into Redwood’s recycling system recovering minerals such as lithiumnickel and cobalt.
One of the most important implementations is the microgrid developed for Crusoe, an artificial intelligence infrastructure company. In Texas, this 12 MW, 63 MWh system powers a modular data center at a lower cost than the traditional grid. This facility is currently the largest reused battery grid in operation in North America.
With more than one GWh of batteries in the process of integration and plans to deploy up to an additional 5 GWh, Redwood Energy is consolidating a strategy that responds quickly to growing electricity demand.
The battery reuse approach is emerging as one of the most efficient responses to stabilize an increasingly demanding electricity grid. With priority access to most of the continent’s used batteries, Redwood is poised to lead this transition in the age of artificial intelligence.
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