Urban Electric Power’s utility-scale solution, Zeus. Image: Urban Electric Power.
Urban Electric Power has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with developer Pine Gate Renewables to supply the latter up to 4,550MWh of its zinc batteries over the next five years.
Pine Gate will have preferential terms for acquiring Urban Electric’s patented zinc alkaline batteries over the next five years for its co-located and standalone storage projects. Pine Gate has over 1GW of operating solar assets in the US and a 16GW development pipeline.
Urban Electric offers its batteries under the Ohm label to residential and commercial & industrial (C&I) customers but also has a utility-scale offering called Zeus. The zinc alkaline batteries have several advantages over lithium-ion, including lower integration costs, more plentiful supply of core materials, a less problematic…