Energy Storage News

Able Grid Energy Solutions (Able Grid), a leading developer of battery energy storage projects throughout the U.S., along with its development and operating partners MAP® Energy (MAP®) and Astral Electricity (Astral), today announced that full notice to proceed has been issued on the Chisholm Grid battery energy storage system located in Fort Worth, Texas. Chisholm Grid will have an initial rated capacity of 100 megawatts (MWac) and is scheduled to begin commercial operations in mid-2021. Mortenson is the balance of plant (BOP) and battery installation contractor for the Chisholm Grid facility, which is Mortenson’s ninth energy storage project.

Today sonnen and Wasatch Energy Group demonstrate their firm resolve to continue to lead the energy transition by announcing commitment to deploy a series of residential virtual power plant (VPP) projects in California. The Wasatch California VPP Fleet I and II will outfit some 3,000 residential apartment homes with solar generation and sonnen intelligent battery energy storage. In aggregate, the project is set to become the largest apartment-community-based VPP fleet in the world upon its 2021 completion. The project boasts over 60 MWh of energy storage capacity and over 24 MW of power capacity and will be funded by $130M in capital from Wasatch and external investors.

The New York Power Authority (NYPA) today announced the start of construction on a large-scale, 20 megawatt (MW) energy battery storage project in Northern New York, one of the largest such projects in the nation. The innovative facility, located in Franklin County at the top of the state, will advance progress toward achieving New York’s ambitious target to have 3,000 megawatts of energy storage deployed by 2030 – the equivalent of powering 40 percent of New York’s homes. The project is expected to be in service early next year.

Today Powin Energy Corporation (Powin), a global leader in the design and manufacture of safe, scalable, battery energy storage solutions for IPPs and utilities, announced its Stack2301 product completed the UL9540A test with no flame or propagation from cell to cell. In doing so, Powin has demonstrated that their product meets the industry’s highest standards for safety and fire prevention and its installations will not require expensive protective devices like fire-proof barriers or large separations between Stacks. This achievement follows on the heels of the positive UL9540A results from Powin’s Stack225 tests performed earlier this year.

Recognizing that COVID-19 has had a dramatic impact on North American and world economies, Battery Council International (BCI) will host a webinar September 9 to provide a mid-year reforecast on the pandemic’s impact on lead batteries in the industrial and transportation battery markets.

The U.S. Energy Storage Association  (ESA), the national trade association for the American energy storage industry, today issued an expanded vision for energy storage, 100×30: Enabling the Clean Power Transformation. Informed by developments in the energy storage and clean energy markets, and extrapolating upon ESA’s 2017 vision document (35×25: A Vision for Energy Storage), this white paper charts a path for the industry to deploy 100 GW of new storage  across the United States in the next decade.

The lead battery industry has been called a model of a circular economy by the World Economic Forum and The Sustainability Consortium – and most recently, the American Association of Association Executives (ASAE) has cited the groundbreaking work that is the foundation of the system as one of the most important regulatory accomplishments of the last 100 years. As part of its Centennial Celebration, ASAE, known as the association for associations, cast a wide net to identify meaningful contributions associations have made on major world events over the last century as part of their 100 Years of The Power of A campaign.

Li-ion Tamer Group, a developer of a gas detection system designed specifically for lithium-ion batteries, created by Nexceris, introduced plans today for its latest monitoring system. The third generation Li-ion Tamer product will continue to help monitor off-gas events and help prevent thermal runaway occurrences, but also will provide users access to temperature, humidity, air quality and raw gas data.

Acelerex Inc. is a global leader in providing grid analytics solutions and advising for clean energy and energy storage. Acelerex is a contributing author to the IRENA’s 2020 Electricity Storage Valuation Framework. Acelerex provided grid analytics for the Energy Storage Roadmap for the Maldives which was presented at the 2019 UN Climate Summit. Acelerex experts led grid analytics for energy storage integration roadmaps for the states of New York and Massachusetts.

Three quick steps to finding a long-term energy storage relationship
A ground-breaking new battery ‘match’ service is set to help utility companies choose the most suitable batteries as partners for their energy storage schemes.

CBI Battery Match has been designed and built by the Consortium for Battery Innovation (CBI) – the global advanced lead battery research group – to help electricity providers and other energy storage projects find a battery system that best meets their requirements.

McCarthy Building Companies’ Renewable Energy & Storage group recently completed construction of LS Power’s 250 megawatt (MW) Gateway Energy Storage Project in San Diego County, Calif. LS Power’s Gateway system will be the largest operational battery storage facility in the world when it is fully energized at the end of this month. Battery energy storage is a critical part of California’s strategy to provide greater grid stability and reliability that replaces retiring natural gas generation, while reducing consumer energy costs. Currently, Gateway Energy Storage is energized at 230 MW and on track to reach 250 MW by the end of August 2020, significantly increasing the state’s energy storage capacity.

KORE Power, Inc., the nation’s leading U.S.-based developer of battery cell technology for the energy storage and clean energy industry, announces that Northern Reliability, Inc. (NRI) has selected KORE’s battery systems for a project at Vermont Electric Power Company’s (VELCO) headquarters in Rutland, Vermont. The Pinnacle Ridge Solar and Storage Project will include 1.2 MWh of battery capacity to store power from a 500-kW solar installation. VELCO can then draw this energy instead of grid power during times of high-priced, peak system demand to reduce electric costs and increase electric grid stability.

WASHINGTON, D.C., August 20, 2020 – The U.S. Energy Storage Association (ESA), the national trade association for the American energy storage industry, today announced the 2020 ESA Annual Award recipients. On behalf of the storage industry, each year ESA recognizes individuals and companies for excellence in innovation, diversity and leadership.

The 2020 ESA Annual Award winners are:

• Brad Roberts Outstanding Industry Achievement by a Member Organization Award: K&L Gates LLP
• Phil Symons Energy Storage Award: Alicia Barton, CEO of FirstLight Power
• Diversity & Inclusion Award: Peter Muhoro, Vice President of Strategy & Technology at Rappahannock Electric Cooperative
• Breakthrough Woman of the Year Award: Linh Tran, Director of Sales – Residential at LG Chem