GE Signs Its Largest Battery Energy Storage Deal to Date
August 20 2015 - 08:00AM
Business Wire
- GE to Build 30-Megawatt (MW) Battery
Energy Storage System for the Imperial Irrigation District in
Southern California
- Marks GE’s Third Lithium Ion Storage
Project Announced in Recent Months, Totaling a Combined 39 MW of
Capacity
Continuing its mission to deliver comprehensive energy storage
solutions, GE (NYSE:GE) today announced it will provide Coachella
Energy Storage Partners (CESP) with a 30-MW battery energy storage
system as part of CESP’s supply contract with the Imperial
Irrigation District (IID). Representing GE’s largest energy storage
project to date, the plant will be located in California’s Imperial
Valley, approximately 100 miles east of San Diego. The facility
will aid grid flexibility and increase reliability on the IID
network by providing solar ramping, frequency regulation, power
balancing and black start capability for an adjacent gas
turbine.
“We chose GE as the energy storage system provider for this
project because they supplied the most comprehensive solution at a
competitive price,” said Mike Abatti, president of CESP. “GE is
well-positioned to serve the needs of the project and will remain a
stable, reliable technology provider as the energy storage industry
evolves.”
GE will provide CESP with an integrated energy storage solution,
configured using GE’s Mark* VI plant controls, GE Brilliance* MW
inverters, GE Prolec transformers, medium-voltage switchgear and
advanced lithium ion batteries housed in a GE purpose-built
enclosure. The plant will be operated by ZGlobal, an engineering
collaborator with CESP, for the first 18 months, after which
control will transfer to the IID.
“This project is a game changer to the energy industry and will
be one of the largest battery storage plants in the western United
States,” said Ziad Alaywan, P.E., a California energy veteran and
president & CEO of ZGlobal Inc. “We are confident in GE’s
technology and look forward to a successful project.”
The deal marks GE’s third project using lithium ion battery
technology since expanding its portfolio in recent months, joining
recent announcements with Con Edison Development in California and
Convergent Energy + Power in Ontario.
“While we always strive to provide competitive pricing, what
really differentiates GE is the fact that we listen to our
customers and help craft a customized energy storage strategy,”
said Anne McEntee, president and CEO of GE’s renewable energy
business. “We focus on full system performance rather than
individual component pieces, allowing customers to match power
production with demand in real time and utilize grid assets more
efficiently.”
GE anticipates project construction will begin early next year,
with commercial operation scheduled for the third quarter of
2016.
About Coachella Energy Storage Partners and ZGlobal,
Inc.
Mike Abatti is a resident of the Imperial Valley and was
previously elected and served on The Imperial Irrigation District
Board. Mike formed CESP to strengthen local interest in developing
new and innovative ways to maintain cost effective solution to the
local utility (IID). ZGlobal, Inc. was retained by CESP to perform
and approve all engineering, project management technical and
implementation activities. ZGlobal, Inc. is a local engineering
firm with deep roots in the California and western electricity
system since the mid-1980s. www.zglobal.biz.
About GE
GE (NYSE:GE) imagines things others don’t, builds things others
can’t and delivers outcomes that make the world work better. GE
brings together the physical and digital worlds in ways no other
company can. In its labs and factories and on the ground with
customers, GE is inventing the next industrial era to move, power,
build and cure the world. www.ge.com
About GE Power & Water
GE Power & Water provides customers with a broad array of
power generation, energy delivery and water process technologies to
solve their challenges locally. Power & Water works in all
areas of the energy industry including renewable resources such as
wind and solar; biogas and alternative fuels; and coal, oil,
natural gas and nuclear energy. The business also develops advanced
technologies to help solve the world’s most complex challenges
related to water availability and quality. Power & Water’s six
business units include Distributed Power, Nuclear Energy, Power
Generation Products, Power Generation Services, Renewable Energy
and Water & Process Technologies. Headquartered in Schenectady,
N.Y., Power & Water is GE’s largest industrial business.
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