Mar 7 2011
Prudent Energy has declared that it has received an order from China Electric Power Research Institute (CEPRI) for 1MWh Vanadium Redox Battery (VRB) energy storage system. The capability of the system is 500kW with 750kW pulse of peak power.
The project comes under the State Grid Corporation of China’s National Wind Power Integration Research and Test Center of China (NWIC). The project utilizes 30 wind turbines capable of producing 78 MW of electricity, solar photovoltaic (PV) with a capability of 640 kW and an energy storage of 2.5MW. Once the construction of the testing center is completed, it will become world’s largest renewable energy production plant, depicting a major leap for China’s clean energy generation along with storage facility.
The testing center will enable the State Grid Corporation of China to build innovative concepts for upcoming operations like incorporation of clean energy grid, effective monitoring, interaction and control. The VRB-ESS of Prudent Energy will be deployed at NWIC to build control algorithms for successful incorporation of solar and wind power in the grid.
Prudent Energy will focus on designing, engineering and installing the VRB energy storage system. By pre-compiling distinctive modules, each generating 175kW and assessing them before delivery, the company minimized cost overheads, project menaces, on-site commissioning and installation time.
Johnson Chiang, CEO of Prudent Energy, has stated that the project has depicted how their VRB energy storage system facilitates incorporation of clean energy into power grids to assure grid constancy. He added that the rapid VRB energy storage technology offers several benefits like deep cycling, making it an integral part of the future grid.