An advanced lead-acid battery specially designed to be connected to renewable energy sources has been launched by US firm Trojan Battery Company.
The deep-cycle J-200RE battery uses ‘smart carbon’ technology, which gives it a cycle life of 1,600 at a partial state of charge (PSOC) down to 50% depth of discharge.
The battery is part of Trojan’s Premium line featuring its proprietary carbon additive, which the firm says improves the battery’s charge acceptance and helps to reduce the effects of PSOC in renewable energy applications.
Pre-sales of the battery began in Africa, where a need for deep-cycle batteries for off-grid and unstable grid applications was highlighted.
The worldwide launch of the battery was made during the ees Intersolar Europe conference last week in Munich, Germany.
Speaking to BBB, Trojan’s director of marketing Meryl Cook said the battery was developed after research highlighted specific requests from Africa for a 200AH product in this form.
“We’ve actually sold lots of lead-acid in this space, we’ve been in business for 90 years, but there’s a lot of new players offering new technology, and this battery is what customers want and need,” she said.
“The battery uses smart carbon technology which was uniquely designed to increase cycle life on partial state of charge, so if your application doesn’t get sun all the time or is charge on an unstable grid the smart carbon in this battery will help increase the life of the battery.”
