Utilities Partner on Energy Storage Projects

摘要

The transformation of the electric power grid is underway, and utilities are leading the charge. As technology is interconnecting millions of consuming devices, flexible distributed energy resources, and back-up generation, the grid also is enabling a wide array of leading-edge technologies and innovations, including electric vehicles, energy storage, and microgrids. In keeping with this commitment to innovation, a number of utilities already have announced plans to work with Tesla on the Powerwall, a rechargeable lithium-ion battery designed to store energy at a residential level for load shifting, backup power, and self-consumption of rooftop solar power generation. Other utilities will offer a commercial solution called Powerpack (available in 100-kilowatthour battery blocks) that allows businesses to reduce peak demand charges, shift energy-consumption profiles, and participate in available grid markets.