Alevo to deploy 8 MW, 4 MWh energy storage system in Delaware, USA

• 8 years ago (2016-03-22)
• David Flin

North America 1021

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Alevo Group has announced that it is deploying an 8 MW, 4 MWh energy storage system in Lewes, Delaware, USA. Alevo has worked with the City of Lewes and the Lewes Board of Public Works (BPW) on the project, which will involve the repurposing of a retired oil-fired generator building once operated by the BPW. Once complete, the deployment will be the largest of its kind in the state of Delaware.

The Lewes project is the first announced deployment for Alevo’s GridBanks in a series of commercial deployments the company has scheduled for 2016, following an operational agreement Alevo struck with Customized Energy Solutions (CES) to provide 200 MW of grid storage to the North American wholesale energy market.

Theodore W. Becker, Mayor of Lewes, said: “The Lewes Board of Public Works has high expectations for the Alevo batteries and operating system. We have had few options to manage and improve our capacity and transmission charges since taking our generation capacity out of the market in 1999 due to stiffening environmental rules. We also have the dilemma of a significant renewable energy presence in our distribution system. The installation of the 8 MW battery will provide a significant tool to manage our capacity charges, our peak demands, and transmission charges, and we anticipate it to be a boon for the citizens of Lewes.”