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Roman Battery Energy Storage
Rome's Fiumicino Airport Unveils Europe's Largest EV Battery Energy Storage System 10 MWh energy storage system repurposes 762 end-of-life EV batteries, supporting peak power needs and decarbonization.
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What is Italy's largest second-life battery energy storage system?
From ESS News Italy's largest second-life battery energy storage system was officially launched at Rome-Fiumicino airport yesterday. State-owned gas and electric company Enel's 2.5 MW/10 MWh Pioneer project comprises 762 battery packs and modules.
What is Italy's largest energy storage system?
Enel and Rome Fiumicino Airport have commissioned Italy's largest energy storage system with second-life batteries from electric cars. The stationary 10 MWh storage system uses a total of 762 battery modules from Mercedes-Benz, Nissan and Stellantis vehicles.
How much electricity does a Bess storage system use?
A capacity of 10 MWh of electricity allows the storage system to balance the 31 GWh supplied by the ADR Solar Farm photovoltaic system. The BESS now installed at Fiumicino Airport is powered by 762 battery modules from Mercedes-Benz, Nissan and Stellantis.
Which car batteries are used at Fiumicino Airport?
The BESS now installed at Fiumicino Airport is powered by 762 battery modules from Mercedes-Benz, Nissan and Stellantis. The project using electric car batteries dates back to 2022, when a collaboration was launched with Loccioni. Stellantis provided 78 second-life batteries, belonging to the eCMP electric platform dedicated to B-segment cars.
How much energy does a Nissan Leaf battery store?
Each battery had a capacity of 50 kWh of storage energy, for a total of 3.9 MWh.Nissan says it supplied 84 second-life Nissan LEAF batteries, totalling 2.1 MWh of energy storage, to system integrator Loccioni, responsible for harmonising them into Enel's BESS.
Where do pioneer batteries come from?
Half the site's batteries came from Mercedes-Benz, while electric vehicles (EVs) from Stellantis – which includes Chrysler and Citroën among its marques – supplied around 30% of Pioneer's batteries, with the balance coming from Nissan cars.
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