Connected Energy Breakthrough in Contract with Jaguar Land Rover | Latest business news from Norfolk and Suffolk

Connected Energy worked on a £ 1.3m collaboration with the automaker to redeploy its power units of electric vehicles used as energy storage

Hethel-based company technology can combining multiple batteries to create backup power sources, and also creates a secondary value for batteries once they are no longer needed in vehicles.

with Renault batteries, but Connected Energy has now announced that it has also successfully incorporated Jaguar Land Rover second-life batteries – a success that paves the way for a technology developed for other automakers .

Chief e "The Jaguar Land Rover battery is much larger than the Renault – about four times larger in capacity – and it is water cooled, while Renault batteries are compressed air cooled. It is therefore a much more complex integration. "

" We have now proved the flexibility of our architecture with another battery. "

Storage systems can be used to charge electric vehicles, smoothing Peak power consumption, or to store excess energy until needed – especially useful with renewable energy such as wind or solar where generation models can be unequal.

million. Lumsden said the breakthrough came He hoped this would result in a doubling of the company's workforce by 18 people

"We have had a very successful year to improve technology and ensure sales. 39, business is about 2 million pounds, but we expect a significant increase and closer to 10 million pounds next year. "

Connected Energy technology allows manufacturers to shoot the best of batteries. energy, carbon and materials in the construction of units.

Mick Cameron, head of e-mobility at Jaguar Land Rover, said: "Starting in 2020, all new Jaguar Land Rover vehicles will have the option of electrification. This project explores how automotive batteries can have a second life in energy storage solutions to meet the broader needs of the industry. "