Title :
Tehachapi Wind Energy Storage Project: Description of operational uses, system components, and testing plans
Author :
Gaillac, Loïc ; Castaneda, Juan ; Edris, Abdel-Aty ; Elizondo, David ; Wilkins, Carl ; Vartanian, Charlie ; Mendelsohn, David
Author_Institution :
Southern California Edison, Edison, CA, USA
Abstract :
The Tehachapi Wind Energy Storage Project (TSP) is a research project with the objective of demonstrating the effectiveness of lithium-ion battery technology to improve grid performance and wind integration. Deployment of the demonstration will be at Southern California Edison´s Monolith substation located 100 miles north of Los Angeles using the Antelope-Bailey 66kV system, part of the Tehachapi Wind Resource Area. The TSP Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) consists of an 8 MW - 4 hour (32 MWh) lithium-ion battery and smart inverter system that is cutting-edge in scale and application. The BESS will be tested for a period of 24 months pursuant to 13 specific operational uses that include delivering ramp rate, voltage support/grid stabilization, frequency regulation, spin/non-spin replacement reserves, and charging/discharging to better integrate renewable energy. This paper presents a description of the 13 operational uses, the technical details of the BESS components, and the test plan to support the use cases.
Keywords :
battery storage plants; invertors; lithium; power generation planning; power grids; secondary cells; substations; wind power plants; Antelope-Bailey system; BESS components; Li; Los Angeles; Southern California Edison Monolith substation; TSP; TSP BESS; TSP battery energy storage system; Tehachapi wind energy storage project; Tehachapi wind resource area; frequency regulation; lithium-ion battery technology; operational uses; power 8 MW; smart inverter system; spin-nonspin replacement reserves; system components; testing plans; time 24 month; time 4 hour; voltage 66 kV; voltage support-grid stabilization; Batteries; Discharges (electric); Inverters; Renewable energy resources; Wind; Wind power generation; battery energy storage system; frequency regulation; grid stabilization; integrate renewable energy; performance metrics; ramp rate; smart inverter; spin/non-spin replacement reserves; voltage support; wind power dispatch; wind power integration;
Conference_Titel :
Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition (T&D), 2012 IEEE PES
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1934-8
Electronic_ISBN :
2160-8555
DOI :
10.1109/TDC.2012.6281676
