amsterdam, 21 November 2022 — AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group NV (“AMG”, EURONEXT AMSTERDAM: “AMG”) announces that its subsidiary AMG LIVA has placed its first Battery Hybrid Energy Storage System (“HESS”) in Hauzenberg, Germany in fully automated mode of operation. The HESS Battery System is an ecosystem that combines lithium-ion and vanadium redox flow batteries with artificial intelligence routines and self-learning algorithms to maximize battery efficiency, safety and lifespan, and integrates the HESS into the facility’s power system, renewable energy sources and integrate the electricity grid.

The HESS system is used at AMG Graphite’s Hauzenberg site to smooth out production-related peaks in electricity demand, known as “peak shaving”. This industrial application reduces CO₂ emissions and energy costs. The system also serves as an emergency power supply and is capable of black starts in the event of a complete power failure. AMG LIVA intends to add large-scale solar power plant integration to the HESS system in Hauzenberg to further reduce the facility’s energy costs. Further development will include the use of the HESS for operation with the electricity grid (“Frequency Containment Reserve”).

LIVA hybrid energy storage systems are important elements of the AMG strategy to enable energy efficiency and CO2 emissions₂ Reduction for its customers in industrial companies. Three more LIVA batteries are currently under construction within the AMG Group. One at AMG Titanium Alloys’ plant in Nuremberg, Germany will focus on peak load shaving, solar energy integration and the production of ‘green’ hydrogen. Another at AMG Chrome in Rotherham, UK is set to integrate solar power. And the one at AMG Engineering in Hanau, Germany, is used as a demonstration plant for various applications.

AMG LIVA is a new growth platform for industrial battery installations worldwide, with AMG Engineering providing the engineering and project management services and AMG…