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Bay State Wind to deploy battery storage

By: Tom Russell 19/03/2018 Bay State Wind

General Windfarms

Bay State Wind has entered into a Letter of Intent to work collaboratively with Massachusetts-based NEC Energy Solutions to develop an energy storage solution for its wind energy project located in the South Coast region of Massachusetts.

Bay State Wind is currently poised to be the world’s largest wind project paired energy storage system for commercial-scale energy, which will be the 50-50 partnership between wind energy developer Ørsted and transmission builder Eversource.

"We could not be more thrilled to work with a Massachusetts company that is a global leader in battery storage technology and products," said Thomas Brostrøm, President of Ørsted North America. "NEC Energy Solutions is widely recognised as a pioneer and leader in the market for utility scale energy storage, and their ability to recruit talent from the local workforce will help not only Bay State Wind, but it will help solidify Massachusetts as a global leader in the green energy revolution."

According to Bay State, NEC Energy Solutions’ expertise in developing flexible battery storage solutions will further its efforts to help the region in overcoming winter reliability challenges by delivering energy when it is needed most and help to reduce winter peak energy prices and price volatility. The energy storage project will have a capacity between 55 MW – 110 MWh energy storage combined project.

The companies estimate that the annual winter price reduction would be approximately $158 million per year and will enhance grid stability by shifting energy delivery to meet demand profile.

“The development of a robust battery storage system is going to help Massachusetts become a leader in renewable energy, and more importantly it will help small businesses and consumers by ensuring a steady supply of energy, thereby reducing high-demand energy spikes,” said Eversource Vice President of Business Development Mike Auseré.

As part of the collaborative effort, Bay State Wind and NEC Energy Solutions will accelerate the development of early commercial integration of storage technologies into the electricity supply chain and capitalize on storage technology’s benefits to clean energy integration, grid reliability, system wide efficiency, and system peak demand reduction. These efforts will further establish the south coast of Massachusetts as a leading steward of environmental sustainability by becoming home to America’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm and the largest battery storage pairing system in the world.

“Bay State Wind brings industry leadership that is second to none,” said Steve Fludder, CEO of NEC Energy Solutions. "This development is crucial to growing our battery storage systems in Massachusetts, across America, and around the world. The Bay State Wind project is a unique opportunity and the benefits to the Commonwealth are immense. We are excited about what we can achieve together."

Bay State Wind is a proposed 400-800MW offshore wind project is located 15 nautical miles south of Martha’s Vineyard in the Atlantic Ocean. The project is expected to create more than 1,200 annual jobs during construction of the project and over 10,800 indirect and direct jobs over the life of the project.

It was recently designated as a covered project under Title 41 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST-41). Bay State Wind is the first and only offshore wind project, and one of only 38 infrastructure projects nationally, to receive FAST-41 status.

As a FAST-41 project, Bay State Wind will benefit from enhanced coordination, transparency, predictability, and oversight of the federal reviews and permitting required prior to construction.

The RfP is part of a staggered procurement schedule for a total of approximately 1,600MW of offshore wind energy generation.The schedule was put in place to meet an energy Bill which the Massachusetts State Legislature had enacted in summer 2016. The Bill requires energy utilities to enter into renewable energy contracts for 1.6GW of renewables before 30th June 2027.

Further to its offshore wind interest in Massachusetts, Ørsted also has the project rights to a site off the coast of New Jersey. The 650km² site is located between 11-33km from shore and could support an array of up to 1GW in capacity.

For more information please follow the links provided. You can also view projects off the coast of the U.S and others worldwide using our interactive map.

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