Weather -- Updates -- Battery Storage -- ISO-NE -- Road To New England -- January 9, 2024

Locator: 46499NE.

Link here.

New England: the story hasn't changed.

• the energy imports are coming from Trinidad -- as usual
• wind: 17% of 5% is .... drum roll ...  0.00.85% --- not even one percent contribution to energy needs
• demand is currently exceeding forecast
• $82 / MWH
  

Maine installing more batteries. Link here. Cost: $100 millon-plus for two hours of storage; won't be ready until mid-2025.

Battery projects have key ratings, including the instantaneous power they can release and the duration they can do it for. At 175 megawatts of power capacity, Cross Town will be able to power 175,000 average homes. It’s also rated at 350 MWh, which means it could discharge that much energy for up to two hours.

Houston-based Plus Power has plans to begin construction this spring of the Cross Town 175 MW/350 MWh battery storage installation at the Gorham Industrial Park in the town of Gorham. When completed by mid-2025, it will be one of the largest energy storage facilities in New England. The $100 million-plus project will feature 156 containers spread across five acres in the Gorham Industrial Park with lithium iron phosphate batteries inside. Plus Power is actively involved in the construction of 60 energy storage projects either already operating or in development across the US and Canada.

Big Story Today: World's Largest Battery Energy Storage Scheme Gets Planning Permission -- Michael Kern -- Oilprice -- July 24, 2023

Locator: 45190BATTERY. 

Link here.

• the Trafford battery energy storage scheme (BESS)
• Greater Manchester, England
• Carlton Power
• world's largest battery energy storage schheme
• $1 billion (actual: $963 million)
• 1 GW (1040MW / 2080MWh)
• Trafford Low Carbon Energy Park in Greater Manchester
• construction to begin: 1Q24 (six months from now)
• on-line / commercial operation: 4Q25
• another source: 300,000 homes for two hours
• reminder: Texas freeze knocked out wind power for days

When / if I get caught up, we'll explore this a bit more.

Other links to explore:

• utility-scale battery storage, including cost considerations, NREL, British; 2022 data. Link here.
• The Electric Company. Link here.
• British, 2021: UK's biggest battery storage project gets underway, using 198MWh of Tesla Megapacks. Link here.
• wind farm cost. Link here.
• British, 2022: Europe's largest battery storage system goes live in UK. Link here.
• US, 2016: New England; off-shore wind energy. Link here.