The energy storage system integrated with hydroelectric generation is expected to start operations in next year’s first quarter.
This system is expected to provide the Pennsylvania, Jersey, Maryland frequency regulation market (PJM) one of the first new energy storage systems since new frequency regulation signals and requirements for regulation service were adopted.
For this project, Greensmith will also deliver its GEMS software platform which can offer a multitude of storage applications to serve both PJM’s frequency regulation markets, including traditional regulation RegA and dynamic regulation RegD.
The storage project could run for 20 years and it can optimise participation between RegA and RegD signals based fluctuations in market values over time.
Greensmith CEO John Jung said: “The advent and growth of hybridized power, enabled by the integration of intelligent energy storage, has always been a key part of our technology vision.
“Although we’ve delivered six grid-scale energy storage systems to the PJM market, this innovative hybrid project will see AEP raise the standard for hydroelectric use-cases globally. And the potential for hybridization is massive as hydroelectricity represents over 1,000GW of generation globally, roughly a sixth of the world’s total.”
Buck and Byllesby hydroelectric plants are operated by AEP’s subsidiary Appalachian Power. The hydroelectric plants have operating since 1912 and are located on New River.
