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Roadchef to install Allye’s battery energy storage system

Clean-tech start-up Allye Energy has secured Roadchef as it first series production customer.

Roadchef, one of the UK’s leading motorway service operators, will receive two MAX Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) units to be installed at two of its major grid constrained locations in May and June. This deployment, strategically scheduled ahead of the summer holidays, is aimed at reducing constraints and improving energy management across its sites, while supporting the increasing demand for EV charging stations.

Allye, which provides a smart battery technology platform for distributed energy storage at the grid edge, says the partnership provides further validation of the business as it scales.

Paul Comer Head of EV Implementation at Roadchef commented:

“This partnership marks another important step on Roadchef’s mission to make Britain’s roads safer and greener. Supporting drivers as the country transitions to net- zero is paramount to Roadchef. Working with innovative and forward-thinking businesses such as Allye allows us to effectively invest in infrastructure and facilitate the EV transition drivers nationwide are looking to make.

”Since completion of the first MAX BESS in June 2023, Allye has successfully undertaken an extensive engineering development program leading to numerous improvements in the integration of second-use electric vehicle battery packs. These enhancements were driven by the application of automotive process and development, ensuring that the MAX meets industry standards in performance, safety, and reliability.

Jonathan Carrier, Co-founder and CEO of Allye, said:

“Our journey since June 2023 has been one of intense development, learning, and deployment. The completion of our fourth MAX BESS and our partnership with Roadchef are not just milestones but also a testament to the hard work and dedication of our team of Energy Hustlers. We are excited about supporting Roadchef to solve for grid constraints, which offering the potential to lower energy costs and decarbonise operations through smart battery energy storage systems. It’s a partnership that will lead to widespread commercial adoption of the MAX as the most sustainable, affordable and innovative BESS, one that has been fully engineered, built and delivered in the UK using repurposed batteries from the UK electric vehicles.”

Allye and Roadchef will announce further information about their partnership and the installation of the MAX in due course.

Allye has now completed the build of its final and fourth MAX system which features a raft of engineering design improvements identified during a rigorous development and testing process over the last 12 months. TThe improvements to the MAX are the result of comprehensive tests and pilot projects across various sectors including plant hire, utilities, electric vehicle (EV) charging, and industrial applications. Notably, the installation of a MAX unit at Dunkeswell Airfield in Devon for AeroVolt to provide electric vehicle and aircraft charging, along with the construction of a bespoke MAX unit for Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), utilizing batteries from Range Rover Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs), have demonstrated the system’s versatility and adaptability to different energy needs from mobile battery energy storage for EV charging to managing grid constraints with ‘batteries as a buffer’.

Allye’s unique approach to solving for grid constraints, to address the prohibitive cost and time to obtain power upgrades from the distribution network operators (DNOs), while providing resiliency and load reduction at times of peak demand as lead to significant commercial interest across a range of sectors.

Image courtesy of Allye.

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