Benzinga | Nov 2, 2021 10:57AM EDT

Wenea And ADS-TEC Energy Sign An Agreement To Build Fast Charging Stations In Spain Using Battery Systems

This summer, Wenea and ADS-TEC Energy signed an agreement to upgrade the power of charging points in Spain using ADS-TEC Energy's battery buffered solution, PowerBooster. The first 11 locations are fixed, and further locations are in the planning stage. The first charging point is already in operation. The PowerBooster, an outdoor battery system with a capacity of 120 kWh, is providing enough power to operate a fast charging station in urban sites. As is the case in many urban environments, the grid capacity is not sufficient to support high-performance fast charging, and therefore Wenea and ADS-TEC intend to equip additional locations in Spain with battery buffered systems throughout the year.

Wenea, the Spanish operator of charging infrastructures that is deploying the largest ultra-fast charging grid in the country, is partnering with ADS-TEC Energy, a company specialized in the development of advanced solutions of battery technologies for more than ten years, to solve one of the greatest bottlenecks to ultrafast charging: ill-equipped power grids. As a result of this agreement, electric vehicle users will be able to easily charge their vehicles at full power even in areas where the power grid is too weak. ADS-TEC Energy's storage solutions are connected directly to the 400 volt power grid and load the power to the battery slowly like a large power bank. When an electric vehicle arrives for charging, the stored energy is "boosted" into high-power electricity and discharged into the vehicle battery in the shortest possible time.

"Thanks to the services provided by ADS-TEC Energy's batteries, Wenea chargers in places where there is not enough grid power can deliver all the necessary energy to our customers' electric vehicles," says Alberto Cantero, CEO of Wenea.