January 27, 2022: Advanced Battery Concepts’ GreenSeal batteries will power thousands of solar EV charging plazas across the US installed by the EV charging station developer GreenCore, ABC announced on January 24.

By the end of the decade this could amount to around 10,000 plazas, GreenCore said.

The batteries will be charged by solar panels at each plaza, which have been designed to supplement grid energy with solar energy, ABC’s CEO Ed Shaffer says.

“The batteries are used to charge EVs to avoid high time-of-use charges and minimize interconnect charges,” he says. “The grid is available to ensure batteries are fully charged and power is available to charge EVs.”

He said that the plazas would in general be convenience charging sites for ‘customers on the go’, and that each site would typically have between 150 kWh and 350kWh storage systems.

In November ABC launched its home emergency energy storage system (HEES), which supports grid-connected residential electricity users by providing around two days of power for vital applications such as refrigeration and heating.

The system was developed by ABC to address what it sees as a growing need for safe and reliable emergency power in homes and small businesses.