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Redwood Materials’ Cal Lankton Gives Old EV Batteries New Life
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Lankton, chief commercial officer at Redwood Materials, details why the company just opened its Redwood Energy business unit and how it is repurposing used electric-vehicle batteries in energy storage systems.
He discusses Redwood’s first major project, a system that utilizes more than 700 used EV battery packs that’s already the largest microgrid in North America. That system powers an AI data center at a Redwood facility in Sparks, Nevada.
Further, Lankton explains the economics behind repurposing, and how it fits alongside Redwood’s traditional recycling business.