Tehachapi Wind Energy Storage Project: Description of operational uses, system components, and testing plans

Author

Gaillac, Loïc ; Castaneda, Juan ; Edris, Abdel-Aty ; Elizondo, David ; Wilkins, Carl ; Vartanian, Charlie ; Mendelsohn, David

Author_Institution

Southern California Edison, Edison, CA, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

7-10 May 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

The Tehachapi Wind Energy Storage Project (TSP) is a research project with the objective of demonstrating the effectiveness of lithium-ion battery technology to improve grid performance and wind integration. Deployment of the demonstration will be at Southern California Edison´s Monolith substation located 100 miles north of Los Angeles using the Antelope-Bailey 66kV system, part of the Tehachapi Wind Resource Area. The TSP Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) consists of an 8 MW - 4 hour (32 MWh) lithium-ion battery and smart inverter system that is cutting-edge in scale and application. The BESS will be tested for a period of 24 months pursuant to 13 specific operational uses that include delivering ramp rate, voltage support/grid stabilization, frequency regulation, spin/non-spin replacement reserves, and charging/discharging to better integrate renewable energy. This paper presents a description of the 13 operational uses, the technical details of the BESS components, and the test plan to support the use cases.

Keywords

battery storage plants; invertors; lithium; power generation planning; power grids; secondary cells; substations; wind power plants; Antelope-Bailey system; BESS components; Li; Los Angeles; Southern California Edison Monolith substation; TSP; TSP BESS; TSP battery energy storage system; Tehachapi wind energy storage project; Tehachapi wind resource area; frequency regulation; lithium-ion battery technology; operational uses; power 8 MW; smart inverter system; spin-nonspin replacement reserves; system components; testing plans; time 24 month; time 4 hour; voltage 66 kV; voltage support-grid stabilization; Batteries; Discharges (electric); Inverters; Renewable energy resources; Wind; Wind power generation; battery energy storage system; frequency regulation; grid stabilization; integrate renewable energy; performance metrics; ramp rate; smart inverter; spin/non-spin replacement reserves; voltage support; wind power dispatch; wind power integration;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition (T&D), 2012 IEEE PES

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

ISSN

2160-8555

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1934-8

Electronic_ISBN

2160-8555

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TDC.2012.6281676

Filename

6281676