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ENGIE New Ventures increases investment in 2nd-life battery company Connected Energy

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Based in the United Kingdom, Connected Energy uses end-of-life EV batteries to create energy storage systems. These combine as many batteries as are needed for tailor-made solutions with capacity ranging from less than 100 kilowatt hours up to 15 megawatt hours or more.

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Solar and Battery Companies Rattle Utility Powerhouses

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kWh battery wall unit. The German initiative comes on the heels of a similar rollout through Octopus Energy last November in the United Kingdom. The UK-based energy developer's just broken ground on a new four-acre battery storage site outside London, its third such site. Harmony Energy seems pretty pleased.

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Groupe Renault creating first European factory dedicated to the circular economy of mobility in Flins

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The performance of the ReFactory will also relate to the ability to generate closed-loop supply flows with controlled costs (reuse, recycling for repair), and to develop new value-added skills (retrofitting, dismantling, fleet maintenance, preparation of batteries for the second life, etc.)

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