SCE Signs 7 Contracts for 770 MW of Battery Energy Storage Capacity

• SCE has actually authorized 7 agreements completing 770 MW of battery-based power storage space sources to assist boost California's electrical system integrity requirements.

Southern California Edison (SCE) has actually revealed that it has actually authorized 7 agreements completing 770 megawatts (MW) of battery-based power storage space sources to aid improve the area's electrical system integrity demands. The just recently carried out solicitation as well as the resulting agreements comprise among the biggest power storage space purchases in the United States.

The projects will certainly boost electrical grid integrity as well as aid deal with prospective power shortages determined in California. The projects will certainly help in incorporating eco-friendly tidy power right into the grid from periodic wind and also solar sources and also will certainly additionally assist the state shift its power account as a number of huge seaside once-through air conditioning plants are arranged to retire over the following 3 years.

A lot of the projects chosen are co-located projects considering that the battery project will certainly make use of a surrounding solar energy plant to bill the battery over the regard to the agreement. These projects will certainly be found at the exact same factor of affiliation and also will certainly be the very first of their kind on California's grid.

In 2014, the California Public Utilities Commission determined prospective integrity problems in the state's electrical supply. Evaluation disclosed that the retired life old gas plants, the enhancing degrees of solar and also wind power that require to be incorporated right into the system as well as changes in peak time power usage would certainly all add to possible concerns on the system. To fix these possible problems, the compensation authorized the energies and also various other load-serving entities to acquire added brand-new tidy power sources to satisfy those demands and also maintain California on its existing course to fulfill enthusiastic greenhouse gas discharges decrease targets by 2030.

"These brand-new emissions-free projects will certainly aid us make certain the integrity of the grid for our consumers and also incorporate an ever-increasing quantity of tidy renewable resource over the following years," claimed William Walsh, SCE vice head of state of Energy Procurement & Management.

The chosen agreements became part of a durable affordable procedure and also will certainly need California Public Utilities Commission authorization, with SCE anticipated to send the contracts for authorization later on this month.

"Signing these agreements lines up with SCE's Pathway 2045, and also proceeds our assistance of California's objective to eco-friendly the state as well as additionally motivates tidy power projects of all kinds, developing tasks as well as reinforcing our economic situation," claimed Walsh.

Lately, we had actually likewise reported that Dominion Energy Virginia has actually quadrupled the quantity of eco-friendly generation in its 15-year, long-lasting incorporated source strategy (IRP). According to the brand-new strategy, power storage space ability is forecasted to increase to around 2,700 megawatts, fulfilling one of the most enthusiastic targets in the nation. This consists of battery storage space pilots currently authorized and also set up to be on the internet in Virginia following year.