Hot on the heels of the announcement that Electrovaya’s separator firm Litarion had signed a US$20.8 million deal with an anonymous energy storage systems manufacturer (BEST, September 7), the Canadian cleantech firm has announced a project with US utility Con Edison for a 0.5MWh lithium-ion battery storage system.
New York utility Con Edison currently uses portable diesel generators to provide temporary on-site power, and Electrovaya’s alternative Transportable Energy Storage System (TESS) is claimed to have storage capacity of 500 kilowatts and to provide 800 KWh of energy to the grid during outages.
The TESS will be built using Electrovaya’s German subsidiary Litarion’s cell developments and ceramic separator technology.
The project has received support through the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority’s (NYSERDA) Smart Grid Program as part of Governor Cuomo’s Reforming the Energy Vision for New York.
Con Edison has just been awarded a Solar Electric Power Association award for a smart grid innovation that allows users to install super-sized photovoltaic arrays without interrupting service.