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Nuvation Energy Enhances Battery Testing GAIA Research Facility ... Nuvation Energy is working with the University of Waterloo's Green and Intelligent Automotive (GAIA) Research Facility to develop greener vehicles ... The $10-million research facility houses the latest high-tech automotive equipment, spreads across three labs, and covers 4,000 square feet. ... ... Research at GAIA focuses on everything from improving the range of electric vehicles by extending battery life to finding methods to feed excess energy from vehicles back into the public power grid ... It is the largest university-based automotive research centre in Canada. ... Nuvation Energy's Role in Battery Testing ... Nuvation Energy’s low-voltage battery management system (BMS) has become a key component in battery testing at GAIA ... Manoj Mathew, a chemical engineering PHD candidate, relies on it for his work in the Battery Test Centre ... Currently, he is focused on improving algorithms that measure State of Health (SOH) and State of Charge (SOC) ... This work involves performing a series of battery tests using the BMS. ... During some of the experiments completed in the Battery Test Centre, researchers push batteries to the extremes of their rated capability ... For this reason, batteries are kept in an enclosed glass container as a safety precaution. ... Using the equipment at the GAIA Research Facility, researchers are able to push the limits, performing rigorous tests on automobiles that wouldn't otherwise be possible ... The ultimate goal is to produce technological advances that will benefit both consumers and the environment. ... In the future, GAIA intends to begin renting out lab space ... This will enable manufacturers in the automotive industry to perform experiments using GAIA’s state-of-the-art equipment, as well as utilize Nuvation Energy’s utility-grade battery management system. ... What You’ll Find at the GAIA Research Facility ... A vehicle test cell with a chassis dynamometer \u2014 basically a treadmill for cars \u2014 used to measure things like the output of exhaust and the performance of a new radar sensor ... A battery test cell that transfers energy to and from the local electrical grid ... A 40-node radio frequency (RF) sensor network, providing connectivity and monitoring across all GAIA labs ... A powertrain test cell used to evaluate engines, motors, hybrid powertrains and transmissions, to ultimately improve the efficient transfer of power to drive the wheels ... GAIA also has the capability of doing full vehicle simulation, using the battery, motor, engine and full powertrain systems.

Alevo Receives 98.5% Score from PJM with Nuvation BMS ... October 26, 2017, Sunnyvale California ... Alevo, a battery energy storage company serving the utility grid market, has announced that its 2MW GridBank™ energy storage installation in Hagerstown, Maryland, has received a 98.5% score from PJM’s Performance Compliance department in relation to its ability to provide frequency regulation services ... Alevo GridBank™ batteries are managed by Nuvation Energy's BMS battery management systems provided by Nuvation Energy. ... ... Alevo’s battery chemistry presents unique challenges from a battery management perspective ... Where most lithium-ion batteries must be operated with 20%–80% State of Charge (SoC) in order to avoid risking damage to the cells, Alevo’s high energy density cells have 99% availability and can be safely discharged to zero volts ... One of the key evaluation criteria that influenced Alevo’s selection of Nuvation Energy's BMS to manage their battery cells is that Nuvation Energy's BMS can measure battery cells from 0 volts and accurately manage the charging process from 0% to 100% ... This requires highly accurate current readings and is a level of precision for which most battery management systems are not designed. ... Nuvation Energy's BMS is a configurable off-the-shelf battery management system that has been designed to support virtually any battery chemistry ... With over 1000 configuration settings, it enables developers of disruptive battery technologies to conduct battery management performance optimizations during and after product development, which can deliver improvements to battery life and performance even after an energy storage system is in operation. ... About Nuvation Energy ... Nuvation Energy provides scalable battery management systems and energy storage systems engineering services for utility-grade applications ... Our battery and energy management solutions are used worldwide. ... Media Contact ... Joseph Xavier ... Director of Marketing ... Direct: 519-594-0072 ... Joseph.Xavier [at] nuvation.com ... www.nuvationenergy.com.

Nuvation Energy Obtains UL 1973 Recognition for Low-Voltage Battery Management System ... UL has granted UL 1973 Recognition to Nuvation Energy’s configurable 11-60 V DC battery management system, just a few short months after granting the same approval for their high-voltage BMS for megawatt-scale energy storage applications ... Energy storage system developers can now use a single configurable BMS platform to pursue UL 1973 and UL 9540 Certification for a wide range of batteries and energy storage architectures. ... ... November 18, 2020 ... Nuvation Energy has announced that their configurable low-voltage battery management system (11-60 V DC) has obtained Recognition by UL for use in UL 1973 Certifiable Battery Stacks ... This achievement follows Nuvation Energy’s recent announcement of UL 1973 Recognition of their high-voltage BMS for use in UL 9540 certifiable energy storage systems. ... “Nuvation Energy empowers energy storage system developers with supply chain flexibility by providing battery-agnostic control systems they can deploy with their choice of battery chemistries, modules and stack configurations,” said Michael Worry, CEO ... “Obtaining UL 1973 Recognition for our low-voltage BMS brings us one step closer to our goal of reducing barriers to entry for organizations that are developing solutions for the energy storage industry.” ... One of the key components of UL 1973 battery system certification is the functional safety analysis and testing of the BMS hardware and software ... With a UL 1973 Recognized BMS this functional safety work has already been done, which can significantly reduce both the technical risk and the monetary cost of certification. ... Nuvation Energy’s battery management systems remain configurable while obtaining the UL Functional Safety Mark ... This is achieved by including settings that are locked down to the target battery’s safety profile, plus a field-configurable software layer for energy storage system integration and performance optimization ... In addition to providing supply chain flexibility, the configurability of the BMS simplifies the design of hybrid energy storage systems, as well as field augmentation of legacy energy storage platforms. ... Media Inquiries.

ECO STOR and Nuvation Energy Roll Out Second Life Energy Storage Systems ... ECO STOR has deployed three projects incorporating used electric vehicle battery packs, supplied by Nissan, into large-scale energy storage systems ... These Second Life systems have been deployed in Norway to provide demand charge management and to support the utility grid ... Nuvation Energy was engaged to deliver battery management systems, energy controllers, and system engineering ... ECO STOR provided engineering procurement and construction (EPC) and provisioned the systems at their respective sites. ... ... September 22, 2021 , Sunnyvale, California ... Energy storage solution providers Nuvation Energy and ECO STOR collaborated in the development of three systems for deployment in Norway ... Each project advances the adoption of second life batteries in large-scale stationary energy storage by utilizing used Nissan Leaf battery packs ... Two 50 kW / 150 kWh systems provide demand charge management to an office building and a school respectively ... One 1 MW / 700 kWh containerized energy storage system provides transmission and distribution upgrade deferral services at a utility grid substation. ... Nuvation Energy, a US and Canada-based company, provided battery management systems, energy controllers, and energy storage system design ... Norway-based ECO STOR constructed and commissioned the systems. ... ECO STOR was established in 2018 to commercialise intellectual property and knowledge gained from Second Life energy storage development that had begun in 2013 ... Since then the company has expanded its mandate to include the implementation of a range of energy storage solutions. ... “There are millions of electric vehicles on the road today, and the future growth of the EV industry is assured,” said Trygve Burchardt ... “Most electric vehicle battery packs are replaced at somewhere between 75%-80% State of Health ... They still have plenty of life in them after they can no longer deliver the desired vehicle range on a single charge ... These three projects have proven that repurposing used EV packs into Second Life applications is not only feasible, but it can also make sense financially through innovative system design ... Nuvation Energy’s battery management systems and energy controller were easy to integrate, and their engineering team provided ESS designs that significantly reduced time to market.” ... “Nuvation Energy began working with Second Life batteries about seven years ago in collaboration with Nissan,” said Michael Worry, Nuvation Energy CEO ... “The biggest challenge back then was how to cost-effectively repurpose these packs ... When ECO STOR approached us for BMS and EMS products they could incorporate into second life energy storage systems, we discovered they had been working on the same problem ... We are thrilled to work with them to deploy these energy storage projects and continue to bring these second life solutions to the energy storage market.” ... Media Inquiries.

Nuvation Energy Releases 1500 Volt Battery Management System for Stationary Energy Storage ... ... Nuvation Energy’s new fifth generation battery management system can provide up to a 25% cost per kilowatt-hour ($/kWh) reduction over their fourth generation BMS when used in 1500 Volt stationary energy storage systems ... This new BMS also supports the most recent updates to UL1973 (UL 1973:2022). ... May 22, 2023, CLEANPOWER, New Orleans, LA ... During the CLEANPOWER 2023 Conference and Exhibition (May 22-25) in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, Nuvation Energy will be publicly launching their new fifth generation battery management system (G5 BMS) for large-scale stationary energy storage applications. ... The G5 BMS follows Nuvation’s fourth generation BMS, the world’s first independent battery management system to attain UL’s coveted UL 1973 Functional Safety recognition while remaining configurable for a wide range of battery chemistries, cell manufacturers, and stack topologies ... G5 will support the most recent update to the 3rd edition of UL 1973 (UL 1973:2022), released in February of 2022. ... The G5 BMS has been optimized to meet the needs of an ever-evolving battery energy storage industry ... Significant updates include support for 1500 Volt power conversion systems, which can drive down the cost of storage by enabling more energy to be included in each energy storage system ... It also includes system integration optimizations such as a smaller hardware footprint per battery stack, and updates to Nuvation’s patented battery management algorithms.  ... “Nuvation Energy’s battery management systems provide energy storage system integrators with a high degree of battery supply chain flexibility by enabling them to easily use batteries from different manufacturers,” said Michael Worry, Nuvation Energy’s CEO ... “The G5 BMS fulfils a promise we made to our customers to continuously innovate our BMS products to match their evolving technical needs and business objectives.” ... About Nuvation Energy ... Nuvation Energy provides battery management systems and energy controllers to energy storage system integrators and battery manufacturers ... They accelerate energy storage by providing products and services that resolve the technical challenges typically associated with developing energy storage solutions. ... To learn more about Nuvation Energy, visit www.nuvationenergy.com. ... Media Inquiries ... Nuvation Energy ... Joseph Xavier, Director of Marketing, Nuvation Energy, joseph.xavier@nuvation.com.