aes building world’s largest lithium-ion battery grid projects - energy storage companies

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Power company AES has been trying to use lithiumion batteries (
Large forms found in laptops and mobile phones)
As the energy storage of the power grid, several pilot projects are currently under way.
But now AES tells me it's expanding its lithium content
To the commercial scale of the ion grid battery project, by the third quarter of this year, it is planned to start the operation of 32 MW of lithium-
Ion battery project in cooperation with PJM, West Virginia power grid operator. That 32 MW li-
After the battery project is completed, it may be one of the largest battery projects in the world.
John zahurankk, vice president of energy storage at AES, told me in an interview this week that AES's 12 MW lithium-
Ion battery grid storage project in Chile (See below)
Is the largest of its kind when built.
AES also has 40 megawatts of lithium.
An ion battery project is underway in Texas. Using lithium-
Zahurankk said the frequency regulation of ion batteries and utilities used for power grid scale storage is working and has proven its economy on the pilot scale.
The pilot project of AES includes-
Working with PJM on the MW pilot in the state of Pennsylvania (photo above), a two-
MW project in Huntington Beach, California, a one-
MW project in Houston, Texas, an 8-
In the MW project in New York, AES will be extended to 20 MW, 12-
MW project in Chile.
AES has been running its one-
Several years of MW pilot project with PJM, which will now be retired for its 32-
MW project with PJM.
Zahurankk told me that AES learned a lot from the PJM pilot project about how to move to more digital and IT architecture in the power industry.
"In the IT world, suppose the device is connected in two ways
Fashionable way to make them easy to manage.
This is not the case in the power industry, "said zahurankk.
The battery is managed remotely with it. The one-
The mw pjm project uses the altairnano battery, but AES has not yet revealed which company's batteries it will use in commercial projects
Whether it's A123, Altairnano, Samsung, Sanyo or BYD.
Zahurankk told me that new players like A123 and Altairnano have been improving and expanding the production of their grids --
Over the years, the size of the battery, while the old-
School battery companies in Asia are starting to be more active in their grid products.
Commercialize these types of lithium
As a way to help power companies integrate more clean power, the Ion battery project will be important.
The battery can act as on-
How to supply electricity when needed
Especially when the sun is not bright or the wind is not blowing
Used today as a regulation of the frequency of the grid.
At present, the biggest problem with lithium is
There is a cost to the ion battery in the power grid.
According to a report released last week by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
Lithium-ion batteries are one of the most expensive options for utilities and industrial/commercial applications that want storage to help them manage the grid.
However, EPRI sees this year and 2012 as a turning point in the Grid's energy storage market, because by then companies that have received more than $0. 25 billion in federal stimulus funding are expected to complete research and development, and enter the field test phase in the United StatesS.
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