GlidePath and Renewance partner on battery recycling and repurposing

Utility-scale energy storage project developer GlidePath Power Solutions has partnered with Renewance to advance battery recycling and repurposing efforts for the energy storage industry.

Renewance is an industrial battery life cycle management company and a winner of the Department of Energy Battery Recycling Prize. Renewance provides battery decommissioning, collection, re-use, and recycling services to the rapidly growing energy storage industry. Through this partnership, Glidepath will employ the Renewance Connect platform to manage its energy storage portfolio from top to bottom. The Renewance Connect platform will additionally help reduce operating costs and complexity for GlidePath, while increasing the environmental benefits of the company’s battery storage assets. To date, GlidePath is one of the largest storage operators to partner with Renewance.

“Our portfolio of energy storage projects has been growing for some time now and, in order to sustain this upward trajectory, we are thinking ahead about the full life cycle of batteries,” said Chris McKissack, CEO of GlidePath, “Our decision to collaborate with Renewance was driven in large part by our shared vision and commitment to innovation. Teaming with Renewance is an important step toward making battery recycling and re-use standard practice in energy storage.”

“Partnerships like these are critical if we are to improve the overall sustainability of renewable energy solutions aided by battery storage,” said Anne Foster, Head of ESG at Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, of which Glidepath is a portfolio company. “The industry needs to resolve the recycling and re-use case upfront, not down the track. Renewance and Glidepath are doing just that and we compliment them both. Quinbrook is strongly committed to ESG and sustainable investing and innovations in recycling and re-use of batteries is an increasingly important ‘must have’ solution.”

Hundreds of millions of lithium-ion batteries are currently being deployed in the United States, elevating the need for better regulatory compliance, environmental protection, and conservation of precious metals. Renewance provides battery life cycle management software and services that allow energy storage companies to focus on their core business while increasing safety and sustainability. 

“Implementing the Renewance Connect platform was seamless and will streamline GlidePath’s operations and warranty claims process. It provides peace of mind as we manage the logistics of owning energy storage,” said Frank Reichert, GlidePath’s O&M Manager.

“GlidePath is a pioneer in the energy storage industry and the perfect partner for Renewance to expand its expertise in battery life cycle management,” said Dave Mauer, VP of Sales & Services. “We look forward to working with GlidePath to ensure the long-term success of energy storage.”

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Original Source: https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2020/10/glidepath-and-renewance-partner-on-battery-recycling-and-repurposing/