Mercedes Order SolidFlow Battery For German Facility

Mercedes Orders SolidFlow Battery For Germany Manufacturing Facility

By Akash Dhiman/ Updated On Mon, Apr 15th, 2024

Highlights :

Mercedes-Benz Group AG’s first Organic SolidFlow project will be realized in the second half of 2025 at the Rastatt site

Mercedes Orders SolidFlow Battery For Germany Manufacturing Facility

Mercedes Order SolidFlow Battery For Germany Manufacturing Facility

Mercedes-Benz Group AG announced it has ordered an 11MWh CMBlu Energy SolidFlow battery for use in the car maker’s Rastatt plant in Germany. Mercedes-Benz Group AG will be utilising the SolidFlow battery for supplying energy storage and increasing the company’s clean energy reliability and resiliency efforts at the German facility.

Mercedes-Benz Group AG’s first Organic SolidFlow project will be realized in the second half of 2025 at the Rastatt site. For this specific project, the carmaker has invested in the single-digit euro amount. The battery in Rastatt will be able to store and release approximately 11 MWh of green electricity, e.g. generated by the plant’s own PV systems, over a period of multiple hours. This is the battery energy equivalent of more than 150 fully electric EQA models that are being produced at the Rastatt plant.

“We are contributing to the renewable energy future on our end: we want to play an active role in shaping the energy transition. It is strategically important for our team to integrate energy storage systems into our production centers which are increasingly powered by renewable energy. With the help of Organic SolidFlow technology from CMBlu Energy, we can pursue an innovative approach to this challenge and are looking forward to introducing this battery at our Rastatt plant soon,” Jörg Burzer, Board Member at Mercedes-Benz Group AG, Production, Quality and Supply Chain Management.

According to CMBlu Energy the company stated, “Recent years have shown the enormous relevance of developing an independent energy supply. With the Organic SolidFlow battery, we are approaching the energy transition proactively with a dynamic and especially high-tech solution. Recent years have shown the enormous relevance of developing an independent energy supply. With the Organic SolidFlow battery, we are approaching the energy transition proactively with a dynamic and especially high-tech solution”

It also added, “CMBlu Energy’s SolidFlow battery is an ideal fit for Mercedes-Benz Group AG’s project as the unit is modular and therefore easily scalable, safe in operation, produced without the need for rare or critical raw materials, and can be nearly fully recycled. In addition, the battery is cost-effective to produce as its main organic components are widely available.”