Nissan Australia to put in place an industry-first Circular Economy joint project with Relectrify in Victoria. Nissan Casting Australia Plant (NCAP) will recycled LEAF batteries powering part of its production facility.

 

Much has been asked about what, and how, EV batteries are dealt with once they’re no longer suitable to in-vehicle use. The easiest way is to replace dead individual cells and repurpose the unit as home of commercial power storage.

Nissan will use end-of-life electric vehicle batteries in the Nissan Node project, using a solar array installed at Nissan Casting Australia, as well as new EV chargers.

 

Put simply, the Nissan Node is a Battery Energy Storage System re-using nine Gen 1 Nissan LEAF charged via the solar array. Nissan Leaf was the world’s first mass-market electric vehicle its old batteries will be charged by renewable energy to power part of the production of components for Nissan’s global EV models, as well as help supply the new EV chargers to recharge staff vehicles.

 

Nissan Casting Australia’s will save 259 tons of CO2, while saving 128 megawatts of energy every year.

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“This isn’t just a hugely exciting project, but an important step into the future for end-of-life EV batteries,” says Nissan Casting Australia Managing Director, Peter Jones.

 

“As an early pioneer of the electric vehicle both globally and locally, we can also demonstrate leadership in second-life battery initiatives. I’m proud that this solution is every bit as innovative as the launch of the LEAF in Australia was more than 10 years ago.

 

“Already the Nissan LEAF comes with vehicle-to-grid technology from factory, which will allow Australian EV owners to use their vehicle to power their homes, and could be used to help stabilise the electricity grid, but commercial Circular Economy projects like this are a viable, sustainable and innovative solution for end-of-life EV batteries, too.”

  

All Nissan LEAF EV models have components that were manufactured here in Australia, something Australian Nissan employees are proud of..

 

“This is another great, innovative idea from the Nissan Casting Australia Plant (NCAP) team that creates a sustainable solution for Nissan’s end-of-life electric vehicle batteries,” says Mr Jones.

 

“This Nissan Node Project perfectly demonstrates the Nissan way of thinking to ‘Challenge for the Future’. We are very proud of our NCAP team, which continues to innovate and improve to ensure our advanced manufacturing capability, not only for Nissan but also for Australia.”

 

Australia is not alone though. There is a trial with the East Japan Railway Company where second-life LEAF batteries are powering railway crossings. Also, Japan’s 4R Energy Corp is developing a process to recycle, resell and reuse the batteries in Nissan EVs as a power storage solution.

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