Energy Storage

Homes and businesses within a quarter mile of the Valley Center Energy Storage Facility were evacuated and a shelter-in-place order was in effect for anyone a half mile from the site. Owner, Terra-Gen, issued a statement saying that the facility’s design systems are keeping the incident contained.

Also on the rise: Redflow and Ameresco to deploy prototype microgrid at Stewart Air National Guard Base. Five new energy storage systems triples Enel’s footprint in Texas. And more.

The Department of Air Force plans to use the repowered solar microgrid with 1.2 MWh to 1.4 MWh of energy storage to provide energy resilience for critical loads on the base. The microgrid will also provide a dispatchable solar-plus-storage resource capable of peak shaving.

Enel’s five new systems have added 369 MW of utility-scale energy storage capacity to the Texas energy grid, decreasing the risk of rolling blackouts during peak consumption.

Multiple factors affect lifespan of a residential battery energy storage system. We examine the life of batteries in Part 3 of our series.

Firetrace International, a supplier of fire suppression technology to the renewable industry, offers steps to take to reduce the risk of battery storage fires, offering manufacturers, developers, and operators insight into what must be done to retain the trust of investors, policymakers, and the wider public.

Also on the rise: Longi solar modules made from OCI polysilicon clear U.S. Customs. A terawatt of solar module capacity expected within 16 months. And more.

Also on the rise: Ohm Analytics details a complex distributed solar market. LS Energy Solutions to construct large-scale energy storage to serve CAISO market. And more.

Attacking the duck curve will take a shower of storage solutions including nickel-hydrogen and iron-flow

The 200 MW/400MWh Big Rock project, expected to be online in the second half of 2024, is designed to bring stabililty to the Southern California grid.