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Redwood Energy Activates 64 MWh Solar Microgrid to Power AI Center

The new unit is now supplying over 99 percent of Crusoe’s GPU facility load from repurposed EV batteries and solar power.

Redwood schafft Tochter für Second-Life-Speicher
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Overview

  • The inaugural microgrid at Tahoe Reno Industrial Center began operations on June 30, delivering 64 MWh of energy storage using second-life electric-vehicle batteries paired with solar arrays.
  • Redwood Energy’s system now meets more than 99 percent of power needs for Crusoe’s 2,000-GPU data center, reducing reliance on the conventional grid.
  • Redwood Materials leverages its nationwide logistics network to collect over 20 GWh of used batteries annually, many of which retain more than half their capacity for reuse.
  • The company reports a development pipeline of repurposed battery packs sufficient to build 1 GWh of storage and is engineering microgrids ten times larger than its first deployment.
  • By combining circular battery sourcing with prefabricated modular designs, Redwood Energy aims to outpace traditional grid upgrades in speed and cost efficiency.