CEC Awards US$1.2 Million to Indian Energy for Energy Storage Solution

Source: · T&D WORLD · | October 14, 2020

Grants to help company demonstrate a non-lithium-ion, long-duration energy storage solution.

Source: T&D WORLD

Indian Energy LLC, a utility-scale and microgrid development and systems integration firm, was awarded US$1.2 million by the California Energy Commission (CEC) to demonstrate a non-lithium-ion, long-duration energy storage solution.

Long-duration, non-lithium-ion energy storage is the final key to unlocking renewables and permanently evading the blackouts and brownouts that California is currently facing because of fires, a changing energy mix, and climate change. Without storage, 100% renewables penetration is not possible.

The grant was the result of CEC Solicitation GFO-19-306, Demonstrating Long-Duration and Title 24-Compatible Energy Storage Technologies. The purpose of this solicitation was to fund technology demonstration and the deployment of research projects that support the State of California's Development of Customer's Business Proposition to Accelerate Integrated Distributed Storage Market.