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AES Alamitos Battery Energy Storage System launched the energy storage industry as we know it
Today, energy storage is an ingrained topic in any renewables conversation. But not too long ago, energy storage was viewed as a potentially risky, not-yet-proven technology that couldn’t compete with traditional peaker plants, and it “certainly” wasn’t ready to be implemented on a mass scale. But, because of the Alamitos BESS created together with Southern California Edison (SCE) and Fluence, the energy storage industry was born.
Don’t just take our word for it. This is why the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) named the AES Alamitos BESS the winner of the 2021 U.S Edison Award.
Three ways the Alamitos BESS pioneered the future of energy storage
- It’s the world’s first stand-alone energy storage project for local capacity.
- It’s the world’s first grid-scale battery energy storage system to receive a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA).
- It’s the first standalone battery energy storage system specifically procured to replace a natural gas peaker plant in the U.S.
What the Alamitos BESS did for the energy storage industry
As a first-of-its-kind project, there wasn’t a ready-made power purchase agreement (PPA) for long-term energy storage available. AES and SCE worked closely together to restructure a natural gas PPA for energy storage, creating a framework that has since helped to accelerate the development and deployment of future projects.
Accelerating the global adoption of energy storage
The AES Alamitos Battery energy storage system turbocharged the energy industry through innovative storage solutions for capacity and grid reliability. As the world’s first standalone energy storage project specially procured to perform the local capacity functions of a natural gas peaking plant and receive a long-term PPA, the Alamitos BESS paved the way for long-term, large scale deployment of energy storage on a state, national and global scale.
The Alamitos BESS showed the world that cost-effective, large-scale battery energy storage is achievable and is now one of the most important technologies to meet the changing needs of the power grid that requires modern and flexible generating technology to respond to the integration of more intermittent renewable energy to reliably meet our carbon-free energy goals. As shown by the Alamitos BESS, energy storage can deliver.