Storage Arrays
Low Cost, Reliable Resource Adequacy
September 2013 - IEP
174 MW and growing…
A fleet of cost competitive, reliable storage resources
Customers:
40 MW Cochrane
2014 Online Date
24 MW Los Andes
2009
40 MW Angamos
2012
AES Carina @ IPL
World’s first grid
Lithium-ion battery
Feb 2008
64 MW Laurel Mtn.
2011
40 MW Tait
Sep 2013
2
4MW
Carina
Indiana
Technical Validation
2008
24 MW
Los Andes
24 MW, Chile
Spinning Reserve (CDEC-SING)
2009
Angamos 40MW Battery Resource in Chile
“By crafting and completing such an innovative power plant that
maintains a high level of environmental performance, AES has
continued its dedication to excellence in service and
performance.”
Thomas R. Kuhn, EEI President
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Angamos 40MW resource quick, precise response to event
on 4/9/12 to maintain grid
Angamos BESS Response
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Angamos BESS responds with
rapid increase of output from
0MW to 20MW
Autonomous response
according to programmed profile
Output sustained until stability
restored
Thermal Units
 Thermal unit responds with
4MW burst, then output drops
off
 Gradually ramps up in
oscillating manner to 7MW
output increase over 4
minutes
Source: CDEC-SING, AES
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64 MW Laurel Mountain Battery Resource in West Virginia, USA
7
64 MW Laurel Mountain battery resource operating
commercially in PJM since 2011.
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Operating range of +32MW to -32MW
Precise response to 4 second AGC
Ramp rate mitigation
Economic, daily bid in PJM power market
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Battery arrays are a dual resource generation +
controllable load – with no minimum generation.
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Battery Arrays have a superior architecture for reliability
than large unit power plant resources.
100%
95%
90%
85%
80%
75%
70%
65%
60%
55%
50%
100MW unit with one
module unavailable
Battery Arrays
EAF Mean
EAF TopQ
Source: Navigant, AES,
Traditional Power Plants
10
40 MW
Tait
40 MW, U.S.
Regulation (PJM-Ohio)
2013