LS Energy Solutions has commenced industrial operations on the Massive Rock vitality storage website in Imperial County, California. The 200-MW/400-MWh venture, developed and operated in partnership with Gore Street Energy Storage Fund (GSF), is now offering useful resource adequacy (RA) and ancillary providers for the California Impartial System Operator (CAISO) electrical grid.
200-MW/400-MWh Massive Rock vitality storage website in California. Credit score: LS Vitality Options
“We’re thrilled to see the Massive Rock website in full industrial operation and offering storage providers for CAISO,” mentioned Curt Feldman, Vice President at LS Vitality Options. “As California’s grid faces challenges from information middle development, wildfires, and the necessity to meet carbon discount objectives, utility-scale storage like Massive Rock is extra crucial than ever. Gore Avenue Vitality Storage Fund has been a superb associate for this venture, and we look ahead to working with them on future CAISO tasks.”
The Massive Rock website consists of 137 LS-ES AiON-ESS containers storing vitality for two-hour durations. LS-ES and GSF at present function the positioning at 100 MW of deliverability to produce 400 MWh to CAISO and meet the four-hour discharge stipulation of a 12-year RA contract. Along with supplying AiON-ESS containers, LS-ES can be supporting the positioning with operational providers that embrace preventative and capability upkeep, an prolonged guarantee and system distant monitoring for the lifetime of the venture.
GSF acquired the Massive Rock website in February 2023 from clear vitality developer Avantus, and it marks the developer’s first venture for CAISO.
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