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Hawaiian Electric Industries subsidiary Hawaiian Electric Company
(HECO) is seeking proposals for large-scale energy storage systems to
help add more renewable generation to the Oahu grid. Energy storage is
one of the key elements missing from HECO achieving their goal of
integrating high levels of variable renewable energy sources like solar
and wind.
When power supplied by renewable resources suddenly drop, energy storage systems can help maintain reliable service and avoid customer outages as fast-starting firm generation units are brought online. Energy storage can provide not only electricity but also so-called "auxiliary services," such as sub-second frequency response (near-instantaneous changes to keep power quality at 60-hertz) and minute-to-minute load following (power output adjustments as demand for electricity fluctuates throughout the day), to operate the grid. Selected projects costing $2.5 million will need to go through the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC). HECO hopes to complete and file energy storage agreements with the PUC by the end of 2014 and have the energy storage system in place in the first quarter of 2017. For more:http://www.fiercesmartgrid.com/story/heco-seeking-energy-storage-renewable-integration/2014-05-07?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal - see this report Related Articles: HECO taken to TASC on solar HECO to save $74M a year on renewable generation |
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