The battery testing platform known as the BAttery LAboratory for Durability Experiments (BALADE) enables the performance and ageing of batteries to be studied.

The aim is to slow down the degradation of these energy storage systems, which are being used in an increasing number of applications. The platform comprises cycling benches that can apply a charge and/or discharge profile to the batteries, thermal chambers to control the test temperature, and characterisation, measurement and data acquisition equipment (impedance spectrometer, thermal imaging camera, etc.).  The equipment is suitable for batteries with a voltage of less than 60 V capable of delivering a current of up to 250 A (charge or discharge).

Target applications include, in particular, transport, microgrids and vehicle-to-grid (V2G) interactions.