Chinese battery giant CATL has announced a new technology partnership with luxury brand Rolls-Royce to power static energy storage systems.
The German car manufacturer, which assembles its products in Goodwood, near the south coast of England, will implement CATL's latest Tener technology into its mtu EnergyPack QG solution, Chinese automotive website CnEVPost reports.
On-site energy storage batteries can help companies perform grid management and energy trading services towards more sustainable use of clean electricity.
According to CATL, the two companies will also collaborate on engineering, procurement and construction projects and jointly offer energy management services. In line with the close ties between the German carmaker and its Chinese counterpart, the two companies have already collaborated on European energy storage products such as EnerOne.
CATL claims its Tener system is the world's first mass-produced energy storage system guaranteed to have zero degradation within a five-year period. It is a standard 20-foot (6.1-meter) containerized energy storage system powered by L-series long-life lithium iron phosphate batteries purpose-built for energy storage.
The system has an energy density of 430Wh/L and a total capacity of 6.25MWh, which CATL claims are the highest in the world, and a life cycle of more than 15,000 cycles, nearly double the current mainstream level, with a service life of 20 years.
