Battery to Penetrate Extreme Environments is Coming... Korea Electric Safety Corporation Starts Development of Next-Generation BESS Technology

[Financial News]
Korea Electric Safety Corporation's project for 'High Reliability Verification and Safety Technology Development of Next-Generation Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) for Extreme Environment Response' is becoming full-fledged.  The Electric Safety Corporation announced on the 15th that it held a launch meeting for the 'Extreme Environment BESS Development' project with the Korea Energy Technology Evaluation Institute and others on the 10th and 11th. The meeting was attended by 17 participating institutions, including Samsung SDI, Seoul National University Industry-University Cooperation Foundation, Korea Institute of Energy Research, and Esolution Co., Ltd., with over 50 researchers.
 The project aims to develop and commercialize BESS technology that can operate stably in extreme environments from -40℃ to 80℃. BESS is a system that supplies stored energy in batteries when needed and plays a key role in enhancing the utilization of renewable energy with irregular outputs such as solar and wind power.
 The Electric Safety Corporation was selected as the lead agency for the national research project in May. In this launch meeting, plans for developing a prototype standard model with low energy loss rate, self-diagnosis, and self-recovery functions by 2028, as well as strategies for securing technology for domestic companies to enter the global market, were discussed.
 Nam Hwa-young, President of Korea Electric Safety Corporation, said, "The Electric Safety Corporation has been building an ESS and UPS safety evaluation system, and through this next-generation BESS development, we will lead the safety technology of the secondary battery industry and contribute to securing a super gap."

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