PG&E Poised to Expand Energy Storage Capacity by 423 MW

• PG&E has actually asked for authorization of 5 power storage space projects amounting to 423 MW, in a declaring with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).

Pacific Gas and also Electric Company (PG&E) has actually asked for authorization of 5 power storage space projects amounting to 423 megawatts (MW), in a declaring with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). The projects are planned to additionally incorporate tidy power from sustainable generation resources while making sure future dependability of the electrical system.

" PG&E is deeply dedicated to the California vision of a lasting power future. As we remain to incorporate huge quantities of recurring renewable resource, we are currently benefiting from improvements in power storage space modern technology to make certain that clients remain to get trusted and also tidy power from a flexible as well as reliable electrical grid," stated Fong Wan, elderly vice head of state, Energy Policy and also Procurement, PG&E.

The arrangements for the projects are an outcome of an affordable ask for deals (RFO) PG&E released in February complying with a November 2019 CPUC choice that recognized possible dependability concerns starting in 2021. The CPUC authorized energies and also various other load-serving entities in California to acquire sources that would certainly resolve those possible future system integrity problems while developing progression in fulfilling the state's greenhouse gas exhausts decrease objectives.

PG&E was authorized to obtain at the very least 716.9 MW of system integrity sources to find online in between August 1, 2021, and also August 1, 2023. The 5 brand-new battery power storage space projects revealed today stand for PG&E's very first stage of acquiring system integrity sources that require to find online within that duration. The company will certainly release an additional (stage 2) affordable solicitation this summer season for sources to find online by August 1, 2022, as well as August 1, 2023.

The 5 projects include lithium-ion battery power storage space systems (BESS), each with a four-hour discharge period. The brand-new systems will certainly either be co-located with geothermal or solar plants or be developed as part of brand-new power storage space projects. The 5 projects are as complies with:

Diablo Energy Storage, LLC-- The Diablo Energy Storage Project is included 3 different 15-year contracts completing 150 MW. The 3 projects will certainly be stand-alone lithium-ion battery power storage space sources situated in Contra Costa County. This project is a growth of a 50 MW power storage space project under contract to PG&E in Contra Costa County, which is presently in advancement

Dynegy Marketing as well as Trade, LLC-- The Vistra Energy MOSS100 Energy Storage Project is included a 10-year contract for 100 MW. The project is a stand‑alone lithium-ion battery power storage space source situated in Moss Landing, Calif. (Monterey County). This project is a development of a 300 MW power storage space project under contract to PG&E at the very same place, which is presently in advancement.

Portal Energy Storage, LLC-- The Gateway Energy Storage project is included a 15-year contract for a 50 MW stand‑alone lithium-ion battery power storage space source situated in San Diego.

NextEra Energy Resources Development, LLC-- The Blythe Energy Storage 110 project is included a 15-year contract for 63 MW. The project is a lithium-ion battery power storage space source as well as is co-located with an existing 110 MW solar project integrated in 2016 situated in Blythe, Calif. (Riverside County).

Coso Battery Storage, LLC-- The Coso Battery Storage project is included a 15-year arrangement for a 60 MW transmission-connected, stand‑alone lithium-ion battery power storage space source as well as is co-located with an existing geothermal project in Little Lake, Calif. (Inyo County).

Each project is arranged to be on the internet by August 2021.