The US renewable energy project integrators Ameresco and public business manufacturers Bright Canyon Energy started to build a solar+energy storage project at the Pearl Harbor-Hichaxis Affiliated Base in the U.S. Navy. Among them, a 42MW/168MWH battery energy storage system.
The two companies held a foundation ceremony for the project on October 7, marking the construction of the solarpono solar+energy storage project, which is deployed on Ohu Island on the third largest island of Hawaii. The project was announced for the first time in June this year.
KUTYPONO Solar+Energy Storage Project includes a 42MW solar power generation facility and a 42MW/168MWH lithium -ion battery energy storage system. The project will provide power services for the Grid of Hawaii Electric Power Corporation (HECO).
The project was developed by Kyoshipono Solar, which is a joint venture of Ameresco and Bright Canyon Energy. Bright Canyon Energy is a subsidiary of Pinnacle West Capital, a public business holding company in Arizona.
Kyoshipono Solar signed a 37 -year land lease agreement with the US Navy to provide electricity services for its Ohu base, and will have the 20 -year Electric Purchase Agreement (PPA) signed with Hawaiian Power Corporation.
According to industry media reports, in August this year, Clearway Energy opened an operation of a solar+energy storage project in Ohu Island, including a 39MW solar power generation facility and a 39MW/159MWH battery energy storage system, which is also the first in Hawaii Solar+energy storage projects of public utilities.
The project's plan to deploy by Ameresco is closely related to the two battery energy storage projects that AES started in Maoyi Island, Hawaii. The total energy storage capacity of these two energy storage projects is 360MWH.
Hawaii is the earlier deployment of the United States and the use of solar power generation facilities. Whether it is the deployment of a residential solar energy or a public utilization of solar power generation facilities, partly because the state needs to import expensive and polluted fossil fuels. Recently, the state users are increasingly interested in deploying the battery energy storage system.
This includes energy storage projects with public utilities, as well as residential energy storage projects. Hawaii Power Company launched a 10 -year battery energy storage incentive plan to encourage the home battery storage system while deploying more solar power facilities.
