A 36-MW storage system will soon be the world’s largest power-storage device linked to a wind farm. The $44 million battery and controls will go into operation Q3-2012, says North Carolina-based Duke Energy Corp. Xtreme Power manufactures dry-cell batteries for use with the variable delivery from wind farms and solar projects. The system will store…
Younicos upgrades battery storage at Duke Energy’s Notrees wind farm in Texas
Younicos has completed the installation and commissioning of an upgraded 36-MW, battery-based energy storage system at the site of Duke Energy’s 153-MW Notrees Windpower Project in West Texas. The company replaced previously deployed lead-acid technology with advanced Samsung SDI lithium-ion batteries. The Notrees system has been in operation since 2012, actively participating in Texas grid…
Kokam to develop 36-MW energy storage system for KEPCO
Kokam Co., a global provider of innovative battery technology, has been awarded a contract to develop a 36-MW (13-MWh) energy storage system (ESS) for frequency regulation at the Non-Gong substation in South Korea. The project is for South Korea’s largest utility, Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO). The ESS will feature a combination of two unique Kokam…
36 MW energy storage now online in Texas
Duke Energy Renewables has completed its 36-MW energy storage and power management system at its Notrees Windpower Project in west Texas. The system became fully operational in December, 2012. “Battery storage is an important innovation to address the variability of wind and solar energy generation,” said Duke Energy Renewables President Greg Wolf. “Developing an expertise…
Dynapower and Samsung SDI launch integrated energy storage solution
Dynapower Company and Samsung SDI announce the introduction of an integrated behind-the-meter energy storage system built on their respective proven technologies. The initial release of the system will be a 25-kW/550-kWh offering, with a 100-kW two-hour system to follow. The integrated energy storage offering provides energy storage system vendors, project developers, and utilities with a…
Batteries and tax credits
The Internal Revenue Service has issued three private letter rulings confirming that a 30% investment tax credit can be claimed on batteries that are installed as part of renewable energy projects.
Record 2015 clean-energy investment: $329bn spent globally
Clean energy investment surged in China, Africa, the U.S., Latin America, and India in 2015, driving the world total to its highest ever figure, of $329.3bn, up 4% from 2014’s revised $315.9bn and beating the previous record, set in 2011 by 3%. These latest figures from Bloomberg New Energy Finance show dollar investment globally growing…
Retired coal plant serves as new energy storage site
Duke Energy, LG Chem, and Greensmith are bringing new technology to the site of a 1952 retired coal plant with the completion of a 2-MW battery-based energy storage system. The new project is designed to increase reliability and stability for the electric power grid. As of November 17, the fast-response system is actively regulating electric grid…
Duke Energy, LG Chem and Greensmith team up to build a fast-response energy storage system in Ohio
Duke Energy, LG Chem and Greensmith will team up to build a battery-based energy storage system in Ohio, designed to enhance reliability and increase stability on the electric power grid. Duke Energy, the nation’s largest electric utility, currently owns nearly 15 percent of the grid-connected, battery-based energy storage capacity in the U.S., according to independent research…