The company has revealed its plans with municipal utility Glendale Water & Power (GWP) to install 1.5MW of energy storage on Glendale city buildings and local businesses under a $4.25m program.
The majority of the program in Glendale is being underwritten through $20m in federal stimulus funding from the US Department of Energy for GWP’s smart grid project, which includes an advanced metering program for electricity, in addition to energy storage, to help increase efficiency and reduce energy consumption.
Under the initial phase of the program, conventional air conditioning units on 28 Glendale city facilities will be replaced with new units and paired with Ice Bear energy storage systems to create a hybrid cooling system.
Air conditioning energy demand, typically 40-50% of a building’s electricity use during peak hours, will be reduced by as much as 95%, the company said.
In addition, the program will fund the additional installation of similar systems for more than 250 local businesses in the City of Glendale.
Glenn Steiger, general manager of GWP, said: “Ice Energy’s solution is a simple, cost-effective solution for managing peak demand, and aligns perfectly with our smart grid initiatives – enabling us to deliver reliable, competitively priced electric service to our customers in a sustainable, environmentally-sensitive manner.
”The Ice Bear project is a key step in achieving these goals for the benefit of all our customers and the City of Glendale, and embodies all of the aspects we look for: managing electrical consumption, improving efficiency, reducing our environmental footprint, and lowering energy costs for our customers.”
