05-15-2014, 09:39 AM
Battery storage can combine the speed and granularity of power electronics with the dispatch of both real and reactive power. This gives many battery solutions significant advantages over traditional grid infrastructure and newer power electronics-based solutions, especially when used for the mitigation of the negative effects of high-penetration solar and intermittent generation sources. However, high prices are expected to continue to limit its wide-scale deployment to remote grids, leaving opportunities for other secondary and substation-based power electronics solutions in continental grids.
How Will Battery Storage Help Utilities Integrate Distributed Solar? : Greentech Media
Grid-scale energy storage is moving from its pilot program phase to its early commercialization phase. And the slow road to commercialization at U.S. utilities comes in the form of requests for quotation and solicitations like the one issued by the Imperial Irrigation District and the many other energy storage RFQs we've been tracking. The IID just announced the shortlisted vendors on its 40-megawatt energy storage RFQ.
Grid-Scale Energy Storage RFQs: Lessons From the Imperial Irrigation District : Greentech Media
New York state is, after California (and possibly Hawaii), the country’s biggest market for next-generation batteries and grid-scale energy storage. The action includes Long Island Power Authority’s request for up to 150 megawatts of energy storage, a soon-to-be-unveiled storage incentive program from Consolidated Edison, and emerging opportunities in microgrids, behind-the-meter storage, renewable energy integration and other grid edge applications.
Testing Ground for New Energy Storage in New York : Greentech Media