Sunday, February 26, 2017

Samsung SDI, the world's largest ESS battery supply, California



[Korea financial newspaper stand hyomun News] Samsung SDI has supplied the batteries for the ESS largest area in California.

Samsung SDI has 26 days global ESS (energy storage) teamed up with the companies involved in power grid construction project that is going on in California 94Ah (Ampere Hour) cell about 700,000, the ESS battery of 240MWh (megawatt hour) It announced that it has completed the supply. This is the largest order of the ESS in the industry.

The last 24 days, California Escondido in AES Energy Storage (AES Energy Storage, hereafter AES) John-party Flower Nick (John Zahurancik) President and seojeonghwan Samsung SDI Americas President of the Corporation managing the other officials attended one of AES ESS facility opening ceremony that was in progress. AES of the ESS facility was installed in Samsung SDI's battery is approximately 400 000 to 24 containers where the battery for more than half of the volume of the ESS Samsung SDI is supplied to this project 150MWh installed.

The project by supplying batteries for the ESS ESS companies, including Samsung SDI, AES proceeds to install the facility in the form of contract which the company operates power. In particular, Samsung SDI has completed the supply 240MWh equivalent to about 70% of the total project size 350MWh. This is the power available in four households in the United States for four hours.

The ESS 240MWh of supply volume in the United States was a power point for the ESS market 590MWh last year, according to research geonteu Guinea is a scale that corresponds to the extent of 40% of the US market.

The US market is particularly strict as you do not allow the slightest error about the safety. In this market it in the United States ESS could supply the batteries for the ESS is the world's largest pool in He's received recognition Battery safety of Samsung SDI. In particular, it raised the confidence of our customers are global automotive company selected electric vehicle battery with the same product is used in the ESS.

As well as ESS is there is on average it takes about a year to supply orders from Samsung SDI has significantly shortened the duration of the project progress through a proactive collaboration from companies and order steps ESS.

Summary of the project is to supply a large electric power that replaces the ESS for natural gas power plant. In the United States, which would add to high gas generators used in the development of liquidity because it increases the power consumption in the summer and every winter replace them with ESS. The concept of using gas plants, electricity is saved when the surplus electricity produced in solar power plants were stored in a battery for Samsung SDI's ESS to surge in demand.

The ESS can get the carbon emissions reduction through the use environment-friendly energy expansion.

Samsung SDI President Joe M said it "was able to complete the battery supply for the world's largest ESS results recognized the competitiveness of Samsung SDI Battery 'saying' will contribute greatly to the California power supply stability.





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