A subsidiary of Finland’s Wärtsilä Corporation is to install an “advanced energy storage system” to support grid power delivery in the US state of Massachusetts.
US-based Greensmith Energy Storage Technology has been selected to provide the 1 MW/2MWh battery system, which uses LG Chem batteries and Sungrow inverters, to utility Origis Energy USA.
The move comes as Massachusetts encourages storage deployment towards a statewide target of 200MWh battery capacity by 2020.
Greensmith said the battery system will be integrated with solar photovoltaic in the town of Sterling. “The resultant hybrid system will allow the PV installation to better handle peak loads and provide secure, reliable electricity supply to the municipality and state,” the utility said.
The system is expected to be fully operational by the end of March 2018. Greensmith said it will also provide energy storage operation and maintenance services under a 10-year agreement.
Origis’ director of development and energy storage Josh Teigiser said: “Energy storage is the integrative component to deployable community solar plus storage projects.”
BBB confirmed last October that the North America arm of French multinational power company, Engie, would be installing the “largest utility scale” Li-ion battery storage system in Massachusetts— a 3MW/6MWh facility on a 5.76MW solar farm.
