https://www.metering.com/news/kodiak-electric-cooperation-energy-storage/
20 November 2017
Kodiak Electric Cooperation installs new energy storage model
The Kodiak Electric Cooperation, has replaced a lead acid energy storage
system with a battery storage plant in Kodiak island in the US state of
Alaska.
The installation of the new 3MW battery energy storage system will help
the Kodiak Electric Cooperation improve the reliability, performance and
operational lifetime of its energy storage plant.
Darron Scott, CEO of Kodiak Electric Association, said: “…This upgraded
battery system will ensure continued use of renewable energy, keeping
our grid reliable and our costs down."
The development is expected to help the association to achieve 100%
renewable energy use to meet demand.
Energy storage systems have played a major role in helping the island to
generate 99% of its energy from renewable energy resources since 2012.
Majority of the energy is generated from wind power.
The utility cooperative had in 2007 set a target to increase its
renewable energy portfolio to 95% by 2020 to reduce carbon emissions,
operational costs and reliance on diesel fuel for power generation.
Since 2015, Kodiak island has been one of the only five US cities
generating 99% of its energy from renewables.
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Additional links:
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-the-second-busiest-u-s-fishing-port-is-powered-by-wind-and-water
http://www.windpowerengineering.com/power-storage/younicos-upgrades-3-mw-battery-based-storage-renewables-system-kodiak-island/
https://www.alaskapublic.org/2017/09/15/with-some-sci-fi-tech-kodiak-has-almost-100-percent-renewable-power/
