For storage manufacturers, the EU Battery Regulation, (EU) 2023/1542, changes what it means to deliver a product. Each industrial battery placed on the market or put into service must now come with a digital record of its make-up, compliance and life cycle, kept up to date throughout operation.
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GAZ Energy, a BESS manufacturer based in Bohumín, announced on 29 October that it is working with digital passport provider Minespider to build that trail into its industrial battery systems. Its projects currently total more than 2 GWh across Germany, Finland, Czechia, Poland, Slovakia and Romania, at different stages of implementation, and the partnership will give existing and future systems a common data structure as new projects are added.
One identifier per system
Under the new setup, every battery system gets its own permanent ID, linked to its passport, which brings together product, manufacturer, compliance and lifecycle information. Customers can access the data through a physical carrier such as a QR code, while API connections allow the record to be updated once a system enters operation and throughout its working life. The two companies are now setting up the link between each system’s identifier, its QR code and its passport.
Product documentation, compliance information, circularity data and relevant operating data are shared through public and restricted-access layers, giving developers, operators and other project partners access to the information that concerns their part of the project.
Data for the whole lifetime
Minespider sees the real value of a passport in keeping the data connected after delivery. “A Digital Battery Passport becomes much more valuable when the data behind it remains connected to the battery after it enters the market,” says Nathan Williams, founder and CEO of Minespider. “That gives GAZ Energy a foundation for the 2027 requirement and for battery data that stays useful across the life of the system.”
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GAZ Energy makes the case that the long life of its systems makes the investment worthwhile today. “Our customers invest in battery systems with a long operational lifetime, and the information associated with those systems needs to remain accessible and useful throughout the project,” says David Vodička, a member of the company’s board of directors. (TF)
