A Survey on Using Second-Life Batteries in Stationary Energy Storage Applications

As a key component of transportation decarbonization, the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) is rapidly increasing. However, EV batteries are typically retired once their state of health drops to around 80%, usually after 10 to 20 years of use. Despite this decline, retired EV batteries still retai...

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Main Authors: Majid Gharebaghi, Omid Rezaei, Changyao Li, Zhanle Wang, Yili Tang
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-12-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/18/1/42
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description As a key component of transportation decarbonization, the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) is rapidly increasing. However, EV batteries are typically retired once their state of health drops to around 80%, usually after 10 to 20 years of use. Despite this decline, retired EV batteries still retain 70–80% of their original capacity. Reusing these retired batteries as second-life batteries (SLBs) for battery energy storage systems can offer significant economic and environmental benefits. This article provides a comprehensive analysis of the technical challenges and solutions, economic feasibility, environmental impacts, and case studies of existing projects. It also explores the current battery recycling process. The article concludes with an overview of the feasibility assessment, future development trends, market potential, and policy recommendations for the battery energy storage market.
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spelling doaj-art-c51dcaa633e7466a9fb1f07791a5ae1d2025-01-10T13:16:55ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732024-12-011814210.3390/en18010042A Survey on Using Second-Life Batteries in Stationary Energy Storage ApplicationsMajid Gharebaghi0Omid Rezaei1Changyao Li2Zhanle Wang3Yili Tang4Department of Electronic Systems Engineering, University of Regina, Regina, SK S4S 0A2, CanadaDepartment of Electronic Systems Engineering, University of Regina, Regina, SK S4S 0A2, CanadaDepartment of Electronic Systems Engineering, University of Regina, Regina, SK S4S 0A2, CanadaDepartment of Electronic Systems Engineering, University of Regina, Regina, SK S4S 0A2, CanadaDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Western University, London, ON N6A 5B9, CanadaAs a key component of transportation decarbonization, the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) is rapidly increasing. However, EV batteries are typically retired once their state of health drops to around 80%, usually after 10 to 20 years of use. Despite this decline, retired EV batteries still retain 70–80% of their original capacity. Reusing these retired batteries as second-life batteries (SLBs) for battery energy storage systems can offer significant economic and environmental benefits. This article provides a comprehensive analysis of the technical challenges and solutions, economic feasibility, environmental impacts, and case studies of existing projects. It also explores the current battery recycling process. The article concludes with an overview of the feasibility assessment, future development trends, market potential, and policy recommendations for the battery energy storage market.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/18/1/42power batteriesbattery management systemsbattery recyclingbattery energy storage systems, second-life battery
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Energies
power batteries
battery management systems
battery recycling
battery energy storage systems, second-life battery
title A Survey on Using Second-Life Batteries in Stationary Energy Storage Applications
title_full A Survey on Using Second-Life Batteries in Stationary Energy Storage Applications
title_fullStr A Survey on Using Second-Life Batteries in Stationary Energy Storage Applications
title_full_unstemmed A Survey on Using Second-Life Batteries in Stationary Energy Storage Applications
title_short A Survey on Using Second-Life Batteries in Stationary Energy Storage Applications
title_sort survey on using second life batteries in stationary energy storage applications
topic power batteries
battery management systems
battery recycling
battery energy storage systems, second-life battery
url https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/18/1/42
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