APS, AES Bring Energy Storage to Arizona Customers
December 08 2016 - 9:10AM
Business Wire
The Valley will have 4 MW of battery-based
energy storage through Solar Partner Program
Arizona Public Service (APS) is bringing battery-based energy
storage to the desert through a 4-megawatt (MW) energy storage
agreement with AES Energy Storage. The pair of 2-MW AES Advancion®
energy storage arrays, which will provide enough storage capacity
to power 1,000 homes, will be deployed as part of the APS Solar
Partner Program (SPP) and represent AES’ first installation in
Arizona.
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Arizona Public Service is partnering with
AES Energy Storage to implement a 4 megawatt battery-based energy
storage as part of APS's Solar Partner Program (SPP). The pair of
2-MW AES Advancion® energy storage arrays, which will provide
enough storage capacity to power 1,000 homes, represent AES' first
installation in Arizona. (Photo: Business Wire)
APS’s Solar Partner Program studies the use of smart inverters
and energy storage to examine how best to integrate solar onto the
grid in areas with a high penetration of solar while still
maintaining reliability for customers. Through SPP, more than 1,500
customers had photovoltaic rooftop solar panels, totaling 10 MW,
installed on their homes at no charge, and receive a $30 monthly
bill credit for the next 20 years for their participation. The
information APS gains from this study will help craft what the
future of renewable energy integration looks like for utilities
across the country.
“The best renewable energy is the type a customer never thinks
about. A light goes on, a load of towels gets washed and life goes
on as reliably as ever before, all powered by the sun,” said Scott
Bordenkircher, APS’s director of technology innovation. “This is
the future APS looks toward as it studies energy storage.”
The two Advancion battery arrays will be installed in Surprise
and Buckeye, which have a total of 120 SPP customers and a high
penetration of solar. The batteries will deliver energy to
customers at the time of day when electricity is in the greatest
demand and is most expensive. By bringing energy storage to these
areas, APS can maintain reliable service for solar customers, even
when the sun is down and solar panels are no longer producing
power.
APS anticipates Arizona’s energy needs will be approximately 25
percent higher by 2025. The company plans to meet 50 percent of
that growth with renewable energy and energy efficiency. Through
SPP and other groundbreaking pilot programs, APS is taking the lead
in Arizona’s deployment of energy storage, advanced inverters, and
other controllable resources to manage peak demand better, minimize
CO2 emissions, and solve renewable integration challenges for the
benefit of all of APS’s customers.
“The customer of the future’s home will be powered by resources
that are cleaner and smarter,” Bordenkircher said. “Using
initiatives such as the Solar Partner Program, we are studying how
best to deploy advanced technology to better integrate clean energy
while maintaining reliability and cost effectiveness for our
customers.”
AES’ Advancion has more than 3 million megawatt-hours of
delivered service across a fleet of deployed energy storage
projects spanning three continents. In 2015, AES opened up the
Advancion platform to third-party ownership, and this project with
APS will be among the first utility-owned Advancion battery storage
arrays.
“Energy storage offers Arizona Public Service a powerful,
flexible tool for their network as they procure more of their
energy from renewable sources,” said AES Energy Storage president
John Zahurancik. “We’re pleased to partner with APS in adding
Advancion to the local grid, setting up the Solar Partner Program
for future growth and delivering clean, reliable, and affordable
electricity to their customers.”
Installation of the pair of 2-MW Advancion energy storage arrays
began in November 2016; they are expected to become operational in
early 2017.
About AES Energy Storage
AES Energy Storage, a subsidiary of The AES Corporation (NYSE:
AES), is a leader in commercial energy storage solutions, which
improve flexibility and reliability of the power system, and
provide customers with a complete alternative to traditional
peaking power plants. The company’s Advancion® 4 energy storage
solution is available for sale to leading utilities, power markets,
and independent power producers, and AES Energy Storage and its
partners can manage installations from concept to operation with a
market-proven solution that integrates best in class battery and
power conversion technologies. AES Energy Storage introduced the
first grid-scale advanced battery-based energy storage solution in
commercial operations in 2008 and operates the largest fleet of
battery-based storage assets in service today. AES Energy Storage
has a total of 436 MW of interconnected energy storage, equivalent
to 872 MW of flexible resource, in operation, construction or late
stage development in seven countries. To learn more, please visit
www.aesenergystorage.com or @aes_es on Twitter.
About APS
APS serves about 2.7 million people in 11 of Arizona’s 15
counties, and is the Southwest’s foremost producer of clean safe
and reliable electricity. Using a balanced energy mix that is
nearly 50 percent carbon-free, APS has one of the country’s most
substantial renewable energy portfolios, and owns and operates the
Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, the country’s top power
producer and largest producer of carbon-free energy. The company is
also a proven leader in introducing technology and services that
offer customers choice and control over their energy consumption.
With headquarters in Phoenix, APS is the principal subsidiary of
Pinnacle West Capital Corp. (NYSE: PNW).
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Media Contacts:APSAnnie DeGraw, 602-250-4370orAESKristin
O’Connell, 212-331-8414orAnalyst Contact:APSTed Geisler,
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