Recently completed solar-plus-storage project in New York State designed to alleviate transmission line constraints. Image: Convergent Energy + Power.
There could be nearly 13GW of energy storage on the grid in New York by the middle of this Century, providing an “exceptional tool” to help balance renewable energy generation, the CEO of the state’s network operator has said.
The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) earlier this month issued its annual Power Trends report, analysis into the state of play on the power grid and wholesale markets, which it is responsible for.
“We view storage as an incredibly, potentially valuable asset and we anticipate that the addition of new storage will give us an exceptional tool that will help us balance the intermittency of… both wind and solar,” NYISO’s CEO Rich Dewey said in a presentation of some of…