Siemens supplies batteries to Alpine hut
Siemens has outfitted the Monte Rosa Hut – a popular mountaineering destination in the Swiss Alps – with a new battery storage solution.
Since 2010, the building has been largely energy self-sufficient, with solar thermal collectors and a photovoltaic system meeting its power needs.
However, ongoing analysis of the energy flows revealed that the lead batteries in use since the hut’s opening would soon reach the end of their life. This prompted the operators to put a new solution in place. Siemens designed the replacement solution and replaced 48 lead batteries with 14 lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries with a capacity of 215 kWh. The hut hosts some 8,000 hikers and mountaineers each year.
