Under the project, the companies will test the integration of Aquion’s AHI batteries and Siemens’ Sinamics S120 drive technology.
As part of the MoU, Siemens acquired an initial set of Aquion batteries for immediate shipment to their manufacturing and test facility in Alpharetta, Georgia, US.
Siemens’ Sinamics S120 inverter solution and Aquion’s AE12 Battery Module product are currently under high voltage test at Aquion’s R&D facility in Pittsburgh and
Aquion said an additional joint testing will be carried out at Siemens’ Alpharetta facility.
Siemens Industry director of new technologies Razvan Panati said the company intends to explore the Aqueous Hybrid Ion technology, validate its capabilities and potential for offering cost effective grid-scale deployments and energy efficient Microgrid and Renewables support functions.
"Our intention is to support the Aquion team in developing fully integrated AHI-based energy storage systems using our scalable, industry proven, off-the-shelf inverter technology," Panati said.
Aquion CEO Scott Pearson said, "We look forward to showing that AHI batteries can be integrated with Siemens inverters to deliver cutting-edge storage solutions that are reliable, safe, cost-effective and environmentally benign to customers on a global scale."
