KENNETT SQUARE, Pa.,
April 19, 2016 /PRNewswire/
-- Exelon Generation and Renewable Energy Systems (RES)
announced today the development of a 10 megawatt (MW) battery
storage facility in Clinton County,
Ohio. Exelon Generation is the storage facility owner and
operator, and RES is the project developer and constructor.
RES, a leader in the energy storage industry, will begin
construction during the second quarter of 2016, with the battery
storage units expected to be fully operational by the end of the
year.
Three semi-trailer sized units will be housed next to a
substation to allow for easy interconnection to electrical lines
within the PJM grid. The entire storage unit footprint is less than
one-third of an acre. Construction is expected to be completed by
the fall of 2016. The monitoring, dispatch and control of the
system will be handled by the RESolve energy platform, a
proprietary technology developed by RES. RESolve will manage
the system to maximize revenue and minimize battery
degradation.
"Having constructed over 70 MW of energy storage projects with
140 MW of operational range throughout North America, RES is excited to work with
Exelon to provide frequency regulation service to PJM," said
Matthew Krivos, director, Energy
Storage of RES. "We look forward to continuing to provide energy
solutions to ensure longstanding benefits to the ever changing
grid."
Battery storage facilities are an innovative, emerging
technology that provide fast-response frequency regulation service
to help electric grid operators manage the momentary mismatch
between load and generation across the grid. The units take and
return small amounts of electricity from the grid throughout the
day and have the flexibility to discharge it within seconds, when
needed.
"Exelon continues to invest in new technologies, such as battery
storage, to further diversify our generation portfolio," said
Corey Hessen, vice president, Exelon
Generation Development. "Exelon's deployment of battery storage
technology provides customers and grid operators with innovative
solutions to meet their technical requirements and enhance system
reliability."
The Clinton battery storage
project will be powered by Samsung SDI's battery energy storage
system, which uses lithium-ion batteries. Samsung SDI will provide
more than 16,000 high-power batteries that are produced with
top-quality and safety standards. The facility will also utilize
five Parker Hannifin 2-MW power
conversion systems, which use Parker's two-phase refrigerant
cooling solution. The conversion systems are self-contained and
require no chilled water or external condenser, allowing for more
efficient operation and longer life.
"We are proud to have our advanced battery technology selected
to be part of this Exelon project," remarked Sewoong Park, head of ESS Business at Samsung
SDI. "We look forward to further collaborating with RES and Exelon
as they continue to expand in the energy storage market."
Exelon Generation and RES closed the transaction on Feb. 1. This is the second joint project between
the companies. In January, Exelon Generation and RES announced the
198 MW Bluestem Wind Project in Beaver
County, Oklahoma, with a power purchase agreement executed
with Google. RES will construct the Bluestem project for Exelon
Generation this year. This is RES' 10th energy storage
project in North America and first
utilizing Samsung SDI batteries.
Exelon will have a total of approximately 20 MW of battery
storage capacity in its portfolio upon project completion: 10 MW
through the Clinton battery
storage project and nearly 10 MW through Exelon's competitive
energy company, Constellation.
About Exelon
Corporation
Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC), now including the Pepco Holdings
utilities, is the nation's leading competitive energy provider,
with 2015 revenues of approximately $34.5
billion. Headquartered in Chicago, Exelon does business in 48 states,
the District of Columbia and
Canada. Exelon is one of the
largest competitive U.S. power generators, with more than 32,700
megawatts of owned capacity comprising one of the nation's cleanest
and lowest-cost power generation fleets. The company's
Constellation business unit provides energy products and services
to approximately 2 million residential, public sector and business
customers, including more than two-thirds of the Fortune 100.
Exelon's six utilities deliver electricity and natural gas to
approximately 10 million customers in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Maryland, New
Jersey and Pennsylvania
through its Atlantic City Electric, BGE, ComEd, Delmarva Power,
PECO and Pepco subsidiaries. Follow Exelon on Twitter @Exelon.
About RES
Since 1997, RES has been providing
development, engineering, construction, and operations services to
the energy storage, solar, wind, transmission, and demand side
management markets across the Americas. RES has a construction
portfolio over 87MW and over 200 MW in development. RES currently
operates 47.6 MW of energy storage projects using RESolve.
The company employs more than 500 full-time professionals and has
over 8,000 MW of utility-scale renewable energy and energy storage
projects and has constructed more than 1,000 miles of transmission
lines throughout the U.S., Canada,
and Chile. RES' U.S. corporate
office is located in Broomfield,
CO with regional offices located in Austin, TX, Minneapolis, MN, Old
Saybrook, CT, and San Francisco,
CA. RES has developed and/or built over 10 GW of renewable
energy capacity worldwide, has an asset management portfolio
exceeding 1 GW, and is active in a range of renewable technologies
including onshore wind, solar, energy storage, transmission, and
demand side management. For more information, visit
www.res-group.com.
About Samsung SDI
Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., established
in 1970, is an affiliate of the Samsung Group and has been the
global leading manufacturer of lithium-ion batteries for Mobile
Applications. Leveraging this position, Samsung SDI is focused on
the technology leadership for electric vehicles and energy storage
systems (ESS) and is recognized as a leader in supplying
lithium-ion ESS batteries.
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