{"id":7484,"date":"2011-12-20T10:38:37","date_gmt":"2011-12-20T15:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sciencebusiness.technewslit.com\/?p=7484"},"modified":"2011-12-20T10:38:37","modified_gmt":"2011-12-20T15:38:37","slug":"battery-developer-utility-to-partner-on-grid-energy-storage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/?p=7484","title":{"rendered":"Battery Developer, Utility to Partner on Grid Energy Storage"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1150\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1150\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/PowerLines_Sunset_Brookhaven.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1150\" title=\"PowerLines_Sunset_Brookhaven\" src=\"http:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/PowerLines_Sunset_Brookhaven.jpg\" alt=\"PowerLines at sunset (Brookhaven National Lab)\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/PowerLines_Sunset_Brookhaven.jpg 200w, https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/PowerLines_Sunset_Brookhaven-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1150\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Brookhaven National Lab)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lithium-ion battery developer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.a123systems.com\/f58cf13c-5e1b-48f9-941c-6702dabe278a\/media-room-2011-press-releases-detail.htm\">A123 Systems<\/a> in Waltham, Massachusetts and Massachusetts electric power company <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nstar.com\/ss3\/nstar_news\/press_releases\/2011\/a123.asp\">NSTAR<\/a> have agreed to pilot test A123 batteries as storage devices in a suburban power grid. The pilot project will study and document the performance and reliability of A123 batteries at a substation in Medway, Massachusetts and is expected to become operational in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>The system marks NSTAR&#8217;s first grid energy storage project. Lawrence Gelbien, vice president of engineering at NSTAR says the project will &#8220;allow us to gain invaluable hands-on experience with clean, efficient energy storage technology and, ultimately, it will help determine how we can utilize larger-scale energy storage projects on our system.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the project, A123 Systems will connect a two-megawatt <a href=\"http:\/\/www.a123systems.com\/products-systems-grid-energy-storage.htm\">Grid Battery System<\/a> (GBS) device to the power grid at NSTAR&#8217;s substation in Medway, and be responsible for its operation. The GBS is expected to provide area regulation services, which address momentary differences between electric power supply and demand.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to getting first-hand experience in grid storage, A123 Systems also expects to earn revenue from the grid battery pilot project. The ISO-New England electric power grid&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iso-ne.com\/support\/faq\/atr\/\">Alternative Technology Regulation<\/a> pilot program allows resources such as GBS devices to earn compensation for area regulation and related services.<\/p>\n<p>A123 Systems develops lithium-ion batteries using electrodes made from nanotechnology-based materials that the company says provides greater power and energy density in a lighter weight and more compact package. The technology is based on initial research carried out at MIT. Yet-Ming Chiang, a co-founder of A123 Systems, is also a professor of materials science and engineering at MIT.<\/p>\n<p>Read more. <a href=\"http:\/\/sciencebusiness.technewslit.com\/?p=7256\">Report: Electrical Grid Needs Technology, Regulatory Changes<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lithium-ion battery developer A123 Systems in Waltham, Massachusetts and Massachusetts electric power company NSTAR have agreed to pilot test A123 batteries as storage devices in a suburban power grid. The pilot project will study and document the performance and reliability of A123 batteries at a substation in Medway, Massachusetts and is expected to become operational [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[72,68,86,43,18,105,25],"class_list":["post-7484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ventures","tag-cleantech","tag-energy","tag-engineering","tag-materials-science","tag-nanotechnology","tag-physical-sciences","tag-smart-grid"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7484"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7488,"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7484\/revisions\/7488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}