German Firm Turns Aluminum Smelter Into a ‘Virtual Battery’

Greentech Media
By info@greentechmedia.comMar 24, 2017, 7:39 am74 pts
Trimet, Germany’s largest producer of aluminum, is testing technology to turn its smelters into a "virtual battery" capable of delivering 1.12 gigawatt-hours of flexible capacity. The family-owned business is investing €36 million ($39 million) in a two-year industrial-scale pilot of systems that will allow…

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