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The Michigan-based battery energy storage technology startup Volt Harbor has raised $2 million in seed money. The company makes a modular, software-defined energy storage platform for data centers and the grid. Volt Harbor’s technology works with EV batteries, which are in abundant supply and are growing in quantity.
When electric vehicle battery packs can no longer be used for operating electric vehicles, they still have quite a bit of energy capacity remaining to be utilized for second-life stationary energy storage purposes. As far back as ten years ago, some used Nissan LEAF batteries were re-purposed for use in a French data center. Since then, there has been an explosion in EV manufacturing and sales. Consequently, the number of used EV batteries available has grown tremendously.
Dr. Al-Thaddeus Avestruz, President, CEO, and co-founder of Volt Harbor, answered some questions for CleanTechnica.
How does your technology work more efficiently with converters?
