Ameresco to include 6-MW battery to United States Army solar farm in Maryland

• US energy performance and also renewables firm Ameresco Inc (NYSE: AMRC) has protected an agreement from the United States Army to add a 6-MW/6-MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) to an existing solar farm at the Fort Detrick Army Garrison in Frederick, Maryland.

The firm will set up the battery at the 18.6-MW straight present, 15-MW alternating current, solar facility in collaboration with the Defense Logistics Agency Energy (DLA Energy). Ameresco was awarded a 26-year renewable resource supply agreement as well as site lease to deliver the solar farm in 2015 and also finished it in 2016. The solar array currently meets concerning 12% of Fort Detrick's yearly power requirements.

The battery, which is expected to be finished in very early 2023, will certainly be operated as a need response asset and also will certainly give frequency policy solutions to the PJM-Independent System Operator. It will additionally be microgrid-ready to offer future resiliency functions.

The battery system is estimated to result in utility price financial savings of USD 125,000 (EUR 119,000) a year.