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POWER & INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP
SCOA Battery Storage System
Helps Balance Electricity Grid in the Northeast
arlier this year, Willey Battery Utility, a company which Sumitomo Corporation and SCOA have
been developing since April 2015, went live from its facility in Hamilton County, Ohio. This site
is now providing a reliable and stable supply-demand balancing service for the frequency
regulation market operated by PJM, the largest independent service operator of wholesale electricity
in the United States.
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As the use of renewable energy grows - and is projected
to grow further - it is becoming increasingly important
to balance and manage the difference between uncontrollable electricity output and demand of the consumers,
and stabilize the electricity transmission system.The need
to balance these energy grids was recognized by Sumitomo Corporation years ago - having piloted projects
similar to Willey Battery on the islands of Yumeshima,
Osaka back in 2014.
Overseeing the Willey Battery project is Naoyuki "Nick"
Hagiwara, Director of the Power and Infrastructure
Group at SCOA. Hagiwara sees great value in this project, as well as future projects similar to Willey Battery that
complement SCOA's renewable energy business.
"As a developer of wind and solar power plants which
are unavoidable intermittent generation sources,"
Hagiwara said, "we think it is quite important that we
also contribute to the stabilization of power grids through
balancing services. Understanding that energy storage
service is indispensable for further penetration of renewable energy, we will keep trying to expand our footprint
in the energy-storage space, not only in frequencyregulation but also in other types of storage services."
Historically, such ancillary grid services have been
provided using thermal and hydraulic power generation.
However, regulators, utilities and proponents increasingly
view advanced battery systems as offering an emissionsfree alternative that is more energy efficient, more
effective and more cost efficient.
For more information, contact Naoyuki "Nick" Hagiwara at
naoyuki.hagiwara@sumitomocorp.com
Above: Container-held lithium ion batteries and the controller unit associated with it
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