100-MW battery project to be set up in Queens for Con Edison

• 74 Power Global as well as Con Edison have authorized a seven-year send off legal rights contract for the advancement of a 100-MW power storage project, the East River Energy Storage System in Astoria, Queens.

174 Power Global will certainly build and possess the battery system. The facility will be situated on land had by the New York Power Authority (NYPA) and leased under a lasting agreement to 174 Power Global. The new energy storage space system stands for a redevelopment of the Charles Poletti Power Plant home, repowering New York City's grid with a clean energy resource.

" New York is an essential market for 174 Power Global due to the state's dedication to tidy power," stated 174 Power Global President as well as CEO Henry Yun, PhD. "We are proud to have actually been picked by Con Edison for this project, and we eagerly anticipate collaborating to help bring tidy power, as well as various other regional electrical power and financial benefits, to the Astoria community and also even more generally to the state."

" Utility-scale battery storage space will play a crucial function in New York's clean energy future, specifically in New York City where it will aid to make best use of the advantage of the wind power being created offshore," said Tim Cawley, the head of state of Con Edison. "This project with 174 Power Global will assist displace some fossil fuel-fired generation when the demand for power is greatest."

The East River Energy Storage System is created to balance peak power demands and also give grid dependability by delivering responsive power, voltage assistance and also regularity stability to the New York area, more intensifying its transition to a lasting energy future. Energy range battery projects in New York City are necessary to include even more eco-friendly power generation currently in development.

" The New York Power Authority is committed to moving clean energy technologies onward and also sustaining initiatives that decrease greenhouse gas discharges and also contribute to a healthier atmosphere," stated Gil C. Quinones, NYPA president as well as CEO. "Additional power storage growth, especially in long period of time storage, is essential for the continued growth of renewable resource, such as hydro, wind and also solar, to aid us meet our height energy needs and bring better versatility as well as resiliency to the New York State electrical grid. We delight in to have had a duty in this project. This flexible reuse of this land will certainly aid realize yet an additional tidy power project that moves us one more advance in fulfilling our hostile climate management goals."

The energy storage system is anticipated to achieve industrial operation on January 1, 2023. The project will be allowed and constructed following relevant codes requirements in the State of New York.

The NYPA in White Plains recently introduced a 250-kWh lithium-ion power storage space project moneyed in part by NYSERDA as a demonstration project for more power storage implementation.