Rimac Technology is getting into the stationary Energy Storage Systems (ESS) market with the launch of Rimac Energy. Rimac Energy’s ESS is constructed upon a novel electrical structure, which the corporate says permits important efficiency, security, and availability benefits, together with as much as 50% diminished vitality losses and 40% smaller system footprint.

Additional technological advantages embody improved cycle life, built-in redundancy for elevated availability, in addition to aggressive materials and set up value. Insights into the expertise will likely be revealed later this 12 months.

Rimac Energy will produce its pilot programs for chosen clients this 12 months with commissioning in 2024. High quantity ESS manufacturing shall start in 2025 on the Rimac Campus in Croatia, scaling to greater than 10GWh of annual manufacturing.

Rimac Technology is the Rimac Group entity that designs, engineers and produces high-performance EV parts and programs to assist the trade construct hybrid and electrical automobiles.

The Rimac Energy product portfolio consists of utility-scale ESS, business & industrial functions, and extremely built-in battery buffered charging options. All merchandise are absolutely designed, developed, and produced in Europe.

The launch of Rimac Energy marks a significant milestone for the corporate, because it expands past market-leading EV expertise and introduces modern stationary vitality storage programs. These stationary options are important in realizing the total potential of renewable energy era and driving the decarbonization of vitality networks.

The Rimac Energy group has been steadily constructed as a specialised group inside Rimac Technology during the last 18 months and now consists of 60 devoted staff, all of whom at present work on its first era of stationary ESS and pilot functions with choose clients.

Initially, Rimac Energy will present options for big business, industrial, and utility-scale functions, with battery-buffered options for quick and mega-watt charging already underway. The firm at present has a number of buyer tasks in dialogue, together with a pilot with a number one renewable vitality firm to supply battery storage options for his or her photo voltaic and wind energy crops.

These pilot programs are anticipated to be produced by the tip of this 12 months, and commissioned in 2024. Mass manufacturing is ready to begin in 2025, with manufacturing capacities repeatedly scaling up into the double-digit GWh-scale.

There is an pressing want for clear vitality infrastructure to help the combination of renewable vitality sources into the grid by offering storage and balancing capabilities. Given our head begin in EV expertise and dedication to sustainability, this path appears like a seamless development for us. Our group is actually enthusiastic about creating options that make clear vitality extra accessible, as we try to lower our dependence on fossil fuels and foster a greener future.

—Rimac Group founder and CEO Mate Rimac

Rimac Energy’s expertise is being developed and manufactured at Rimac’s services on the outskirts of Zagreb, Croatia and will likely be revealed later this 12 months.