TransAlta has officially filed its application with the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) to build a battery energy storage facility near the Ghost Reservoir on the Bow River while addressing concerns about safety and emergency planning in the event of a fire or leak. The project will be capable of supporting the grid with a maximum power rating of 180 megawatts of electricity, making this one of the largest storage facilities of its kind in the province. The company says the lithium-ion batteries will be charged by electricity from TransAlta’s existing hydroelectric facility at the reservoir, 15 kilometres west of Cochrane. Electricity from the batteries will then be pumped back into the provincial power grid when demand for power is high. “We’re taking that energy from the hydro facility, storing it until it’s needed and putting it back on the grid at a later time,” said…
TransAlta seeks to build a battery energy storage facility near Ghost Reservoir
