Dominion Energy Virginia announced its largest operational battery energy storage pilot project, which was recently energized at the Scott Solar facility in Powhatan County.
Dominion Energy has two other battery storage pilot projects in its portfolio – a 2-MW battery in New Kent County that was commissioned in late February and a 2-MW battery in Hanover County that is scheduled to become operational later this year. All three projects were approved by the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) in February 2020.
The three utility-scale battery storage pilot projects totaling 16 MW are the first of their kind in Virginia.
The three Central Virginia-based projects provide key information on distinct use cases for batteries on the energy grid. Annual updates on the pilots’ performance will be reported to the…