Shell and Alfen pilot 350 kWh battery-based charging solution in the Netherlands Shell and Alfen have installed a 350 kWh battery-based charging solution at a filling station in Zaltbommel, the Netherlands, as part of a pilot project. The system operates with two charging points of 175 kW each and is simultaneously integrated into a virtual power plant for “peak shaving”. Alfen and Shell are already cooperating on the expansion of the HPC network in the Netherlands. The charging infrastructure specialist is responsible for supplying transformer stations and intelligent grid connection services. The pilot project is now dedicated to testing a battery-based charging system. The mineral oil company says this is “a premiere for Shell.” The 350-kWh storage system is supposed to circumvent the costly upgrade of the public electricity grid, while at the same time the Zaltbommel charging station is investigating the extent to which the charging system can relieve the grid by feeding energy back into it as needed and thus generate revenue.