The NYSERDA / DOE Joint Energy Storage Initiative is a partnership between the United States Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Storage Research Program and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to demonstrate electrical energy storage as a technically viable, cost-effective, and broadly applicable option for increasing the reliability of the New York electricity system and for electric energy management. The demonstration projects include electrical energy storage devices at multiple sites in New York State.
DOE, through Sandia National Laboratories, oversees the technical management of these demonstration projects, which includes data collection, analysis, and performance of these demonstration projects.
This is a very highly leveraged program with cost share from all the participants.
- NAS Battery Peak Reduction Demonstration
- Niagra Falls State Park Energy Storage Demonstration Program
- Long Island RR Trackside FESS Project
- Residential Energy Storage and Propane Fuel Cell Demonstration
- Flywheel-Based Frequency Regulation Demonstration
Report:
- NAS Battery Third Quarter 2009 Report
- NAS Battery Second Quarter
2009 Report
- Interim Project Report
The NAS Battery Peak Reduction Demonstration project at a Long Island bus depot facility exhibits the use of a sodium-sulfur (NAS) battery system that shifts compressor peak load to off-peak capacity and provides emergency backup power. The primary application will be to supply up to 1 MW of power to a natural gas compressor for six to eight hours per day, seven days per week, especially during the summer peak period. The natural gas compressor provides fuel for buses that will replace diesel-powered buses.
Primary participants:
- ABB, Inc.
- New York Power Authority
(NYPA)
- NGK Insulators,
Ltd. (battery manufacturer)
- EnerNex Corporation
(data acquisition and monitoring)
Primary participants:
- NYSOPRHP
- Premium Power
(equipment manufacturer)
- National Grid
(utility)
- NYSERDA
- United
States Department of Energy (DOE)
The New York Power Authority (NYPA) will install and demonstrate a high speed Flywheel Energy Storage System (FESS) at the Island Rail Road (LIRR) Malvern station in Long Island NY. The scope of the project is a turn-key installation of a 2.5 MW FESS to provide traction power voltage support for LIRR to mitigate voltage sag problems, reduce power peak demand charges, and offset costly electric distribution upgrades.
Primary participants:
- New York Power Authority
(NYPA)
- MTA Long Island Rail Road
-
Pentadyne Power Corporation
The Substation Energy Storage Demonstration project will demonstrate the performance of a 300 kW/900 kWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), consisting of four 75 kW/225 kWh PowerTower Modules utilizing Axion and Zebra batteries, to provide substation support and transmission and distribution upgrade deferral for Delaware County Electric Coop using dispatchable energy storage to provide peak power demand reduction.
This project is on hold.
Primary participants:
- Delaware County Electric
Cooperative (utility)
- Gaia
Power Technologies (equipment manufacturer)
- Princeton
Power Systems (equipment manufacturer)
- EnerNex Corporation
(data acquisition and monitoring)
This project will install a 100 kW PV system coupled with a 150 kW/ 150 kWh Battery Storage System (BESS) utilizing Axion Power Batteries on the roof of LaGuardia Community College (LGCC) in Queens, NY.
This project is temporarily on hold.
- NYSERDA
- CUNY
- LaGuardia Community College (LGCC)
- United
States Department of Energy (DOE) -
Sandia
The Residential Energy Storage and Propane Fuel Cell Demonstration project exhibits the use of an 11kW, 20 kWh Gaia Power Technologies PowerTower energy storage system in conjunction with a Plug Power GenSys propane fuel cell in an edge-of-grid residential application. The demonstration consists of two parts:
1 - Demand reduction using the PowerTower to provide an energy boost when the user load exceeds a preset threshold.
2 - Demand reduction using the PlugPower propane fuel cell as a primary electricity source in conjunction with the PowerTower.
This project is completed.
Primary participants:
- Delaware County Electric
Cooperative (utility)
- Gaia
Power Technologies (equipment manufacturer)
- EnerNex Corporation
(data acquisition and monitoring)
Reports:
- Jan. 2006 - Feb. 2006 - Mar. 2006 - May 2006 - July 2006
The Flywheel-Based Frequency Regulation Demonstration project (FESS), located at an industrial site in Amsterdam, NY, demonstrates grid frequency regulation by utilizing a high-energy flywheel storage system that consists of seven Beacon Power flywheels which have been adapted to operate on the Niagara Mohawk distribution grid. This system will be capable of providing 100 kW of power for frequency regulation and storing 25kW of recoverable energy.
Frequency regulation is necessary to balance constantly varying differences between electricity generation and load. It is anticipated that using flywheels to provide frequency regulation will result in faster response and will allow generators to operate at higher output for optimum efficiency and lower emissions.
This project is completed.
Primary participants:
- Beacon Power
(equipment manufacturer)
- National Grid
(utility)
- EnerNex Corporation
(data acquisition and monitoring)
