The new U.S. energy companies for the California Energy Commission Awards

Recently, the U.S. Satcon Technology (Satcon Technology Corporation), the U.S. manufacturer of lithium-ion battery A123 Systems, U.S. Renewable Energy Service Company (Renewable Energy Services) and the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) to obtain the California Energy Commission granted 2,000,000 dollar project funding , the funds will be used for energy storage technology development, thus helping to reduce intermittent renewable energy phenomenon.

According to the project manager Satcon party issued a statement saying , this is determined by the Energy Commission grant funds outreach programs - Community Energy Research (PIER) for renewable energy projects - the project aims to develop energy solutions , thus contributing to renewable energy which gradually penetrate into the energy grid .

Satcon has headquarters in the United States explained that the research team aims to develop " integrated solar power energy storage system " that can support voltage and frequency stable photovoltaic electricity (PV firming), real-time rate of change of power transmission and control . This solution will be the development of Sacramento Municipal Utility District 's California headquarters .

Specifically , Satcon PV inverter will provide technical expertise , A123 will provide "advanced " lithium -ion battery technology. Satcon said that the final system will be a 500kW PV array , 500kW of PowerGate Plus inverters and a 500kWh of A123 advanced lithium-ion battery energy storage system configuration .

It is expected that this energy storage system will be able to " take advantage of high-power, high-pressure Satcon battery power conditioning system (Satcon Spectrum PCS), so as to stabilize the voltage , frequency control , and in the case of grid instability ( including power outage ) the PV plant continuous operation .

Satcon CTO Leo Casey said that we are trying to integrate with the grid for renewable energy , improve handling and improved energy storage systems , thereby reducing the volatility of output power , this is the key. Over the past four years , we have been committed to research and development in this area and has been used in several projects , including commercial PV grid connected inverter systems , energy storage projects , the development of solar energy grid integration systems as well as by the U.S. Department of Energy funded demonstration projects. California Energy Commission project will accelerate the development of next-generation storage technologies and applications, this is the core of the future power grid .