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.
- Residential Energy Storage and Propane Fuel Cell Demonstration
- Flywheel-Based Frequency Regulation Demonstration
- NAS Battery Peak Reduction Demonstration
- Substation Energy Storage Demonstration
Report:
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.
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.
Primary participants:
- Beacon Power
(equipment manufacturer)
- National Grid
(utility)
- EnerNex Corporation
(data acquisition and monitoring)
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)
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.
Primary participants:
- Delaware County Electric
Cooperative (utility)
- Gaia
Power Technologies (equipment manufacturer)
- Princeton
Power Systems (equipment manufacturer)
- EnerNex Corporation
(data acquisition and monitoring)
Provide capacity firming with a 100kW / 150kWh Zinc-Flow PowerBlock®150 (PB150) energy storage systems (ESS) for ~30kW of PV, at the Niagara Falls State Park Maintenance Facility. Plus provide 300kWh of backup energy.
Primary participants:
- NYSOPRHP
- Premium Power
(equipment manufacturer)
- National Grid
(utility)
- NYSERDA
- United
States Department of Energy (DOE)
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.
- NYSERDA
- CUNY
- LaGuardia Community College (LGCC)
- United
States Department of Energy (DOE) -
Sandia
