Salt River Project sald Thursday that it will add two new battery storage systems that will go online in 2024 with a combined output of 340 megawatts, giving the Arizona utility company more options during times of heavy power demand.
The stations will be grid-charged and will store enough energy to power more than 76,000 average-size residential homes for four hours, SRP said. The utility will be able to decide when to deploy that power back into its grid and said it will typically be during peak demand periods in early evenings when power use is high and renewable resources are not available.
"SRP is proud of our early investments in battery storage and clean energy," the utility’s Chief Strategy, Corporate Services and Sustainability Executive Kelly Barr said in a statement."These early deployments will help both SRP and the industry gain experience with this technology, which will play a major role in reducing carbon emissions.
"We are thrilled to partner with SRP on the Sierra Estrella and Superstition Battery Energy Storage Systems projects which will greatly enhance local grid reliability and provide a variety of tax and jobs benefits to the nearby communities," said Molly Emerson, director of project development at Plus Power, in a statement.