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Satcon has been awarded a US$2 million development grand, the company has announced. The company that has just supplied a PV project in Calirofnia with 52.5MW of inverters, along with A123 Systems, Renewable Energy Services (RES) and Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD), has received the grant as part of the Energy Commission’s Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) initiative to generate more renewable energies into the electric grid. The grant will be utilized to develop methods that will reduce renewable power intermittency. The 500kW PV plant project is led by Satcon and the project team will conduct its tests at SMUD’s headquarters in Sacramento, California.
“One of SMUD’s key challenges is to ensure that the grid is able to serve loads at all times while accommodating higher levels of renewable energy integration. Addressing key issues, such as ensuring a stable power flow into the grid from renewable sources, is critical to the success of using renewables as a major energy supplier,” said Mark Rawson of SMUD. “Satcon’s expertise in advanced solar inverter system technologies and experience with large-scale solar plant grid integration, combined with A123’s advanced lithium ion battery technology, will help us address these key challenges via this project.”
