AES Commissions Alamitos Energy Storage Facility in Long Beach, California

• Fluence Battery Storage System Will Increase the Delivery of Reliable, Sustainable Energy for Southern California Customers

The AES Corporation has actually started procedures of the Alamitos battery energy storage system (BESS), among the globe's biggest battery storage space systems in operation today. The BESS, a stand-alone power storage facility for neighborhood ability, will certainly offer approximately 400 megawatt-hours (MWh) of power to ensure greener, smarter and extra reliable power to Southern California Edison (SCE) clients, while likewise aiding the State of California fulfill its sustainability goal of 100 percent carbon-free power by 2045.

" With the appointing of the Alamitos BESS, the State of California relocations closer to its objective of a more lasting as well as reputable power future. AES is proud to work together with Southern California Edison to increase the fostering of this greener, smarter power technology," said Mark Miller, AES Market Business Leader for California as well as AES Southland General Manager.

The AES Alamitos BESS will give Southern California with trusted power throughout times of peak need, while likewise supporting a cleaner power future for SCE clients by allowing enhanced integration of renewable energy. The BESS modern technology at the Alamitos center consists of Advancion 5 batteries supplied by Fluence, an AES and Siemens joint venture as well as the globe's leading energy storage space and modern technology service provider. When fully billed, the batteries supply power to 10s of countless homes in milliseconds.

" SCE sees an expanding duty for battery storage space as California changes to 100% clean renewable energy," said William Walsh, SCE Vice President of Energy Procurement and Management. "Battery storage will assist incorporate wind as well as solar resources into our grid and improve dependability."

As California progress with its transition to a greener energy future, renewables as well as energy storage space will play a central role in the electricity generation mix throughout the state. AES just recently introduced the merger of sPower, a leading solar power provider, right into its AES Clean Energy business. AES Clean Energy now takes care of projects that are functional, under construction and also under development, consisting of the operation of around 2.5 GW of eco-friendly projects with nearly fifty percent situated in California as well as a gotten 2.6 GW pipe across the country with practically 20 percent of those projects in California. AES will certainly remain to co-create and also provide smarter, greener power remedies to enable Californians to achieve 24/7 carbon-free energy.

" Energy storage space is the cornerstone of a contemporary, resistant and also sustainable electric grid," stated John Zahurancik, Fluence's Chief Operating Officer. "Working with ingenious power field leaders like SCE as well as AES, Fluence is proud to supply our innovative modern technologies to provide essential local power capacity in a fully grown urban area where it is most needed to bring clean, reputable and affordable power to residences as well as organizations in Southern California."

The AES Alamitos BESS is acquired under a 20-year power acquisition contract (PPA) with SCE as well as lies at the AES Alamitos Energy Center.