A123 systems´ advanced battery energy storage for renewable integration

Author

Vartanian, Charles ; Bentley, Neil

fYear

2011

fDate

20-23 March 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper outlines A123´s early ground breaking grid battery systems that are in commercial service today at multi-MW scale. Key characteristics of A123´s Nanophosphate™ Li-ion battery are described. Then the current use of A123´s MW-scale battery systems for Frequency Regulation is described. The paper then discusses how these characteristics and capabilities implemented in A123´s current multi-MW scale battery systems will be extended and applied for renewable integration in two Government funded smart grid demonstration projects, 1) our Michigan funded Smart Grid Storage demo of PV integration with Detroit Edison and 2) our DoE funded Tehachapi Wind Integration project with Southern California Edison.

Keywords

battery storage plants; frequency control; photovoltaic power systems; secondary cells; smart power grids; wind power plants; A123 system advanced battery energy storage; Li; PV integration; frequency regulation; nanophosphate battery; renewable integration; smart grid demonstration project; smart grid storage demo; wind integration project; Batteries; Frequency control; Power system stability; Reactive power; Smart grids; Stability criteria; Advanced batteries; Ancillary services; Energy storage; Frequency regulation; Renewable energy; Renewable integration;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Systems Conference and Exposition (PSCE), 2011 IEEE/PES

Conference_Location

Phoenix, AZ

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-789-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-61284-787-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PSCE.2011.5772569

Filename

5772569