Dynapower and Samsung SDI Launch Integrated Storage Solution for the Behind-the-Meter Energy Storage Market

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt., Dec. 07, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- #Dynapower Company and #Samsung SDI announce the introduction of an integrated behind-the-meter energy storage system built on their respective proven technologies. The initial release of the system will be a 250 kW/550 kWh offering, with a 100 kW two-hour system to follow. A photo accompanying this announcement is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/688f978c-a512-4473-afb2-fc92fe022b69 The integrated energy storage offering provides energy storage system vendors, project developers, and utilities with a fully engineered solution that reduces costs for commercial and industrial end users in the deployment of energy storage. This line of systems will incorporate Dynapower’s recently released Generation 2 MPS product line of behind-the-meter energy storage inverters and Samsung SDI’s recently released E2 battery solution. The two companies share a wealth of field proven integration experience of their technologies across a wide range of ESS projects, sizes, and applications including the Electrical Training Institute Net Zero Plus building microgrid and Duke Energy Notrees 36MW/14MWh ESS repower. "We have worked alongside Samsung SDI for a number of years and are excited to take that collaborative effort to the next level with the introduction of an integrated energy storage solution,” said Adam M. Knudsen, President of Dynapower. “As the energy storage industry has rapidly evolved we have seen a clear demand from the market for engineered solutions that are flexible and proven. This is a solution customers can rely upon.” “Together, Dynapower and Samsung SDI are well positioned to help expand market opportunities for our behind-the-meter storage customers by providing fully integrated engineering solutions,” said Fabrice Hudry Vice President Energy Storage Solutions at Samsung SDI. “Samsung SDI is the world leader in Li-ion battery technology, and specifically for stationary energy storage application, and it is only fitting that we integrate our batteries with Dynapower’s leading inverter technology.” Dynapower and Samsung SDI are launching their integrated behind-the-meter ESS offering with an immediate first deployment at the University of Minnesota, and are already working with several behind-the-meter ESS developers to deploy their unique integrated solution across the nation throughout 2017.

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India takes first steps towards utility-scale energy storage

In the upcoming tenders for 100 MW of PV generation capacity in Andhra Pradesh and 200 MW in Karnataka, each 50 MW project would be connected to a storage capacity of 2.5 MWh. Tenders may draw attention of some key storage systems suppliers According to Bridge to India, these tenders would help India draw attention of some key storage systems suppliers such as #NGKInsulators, #AES #EnergyStorage, #Sumitomo Electric, #LGChem, #Samsung #SDI, #NECEnergy, #BYD, #Toshiba, #GE and #Saft. BYD is already known to be exploring this opportunity and may offer a joint bid with #SkyPower. The primary commercial objective of these particular tenders would be to showcase India as an upcoming market for utility-scale energy storage solutions, Bridge to India notes. These projects should just be seen as a start of the process to acclimatize project developers and grid operators with utility-scale storage. From a technical standpoint, the need for energy storage technology is plain obvious in a scenario where grid penetration of renewables is increasing rapidly. India expects to get 15% of all power from renewables by 2022 as against about 5.5% today. Greater amount of storage capacity will be required in future to address intermittency challenges of renewable energy by storing surplus electricity to meet short term demand-supply mismatch. Storage will also be critical in supporting the local grid through ancillary services such as frequency regulation, voltage support and peak demand shaving. Technical benefits of rather small storage capacity will be limited On first examination, the size of proposed energy storage systems in SECI tenders is rather small (equivalent to just 3 minutes of plant production of a 50 MW project at full capacity), says Bridge to India. As a result, technical benefits of this storage capacity will also be limited. Nonetheless, the pilot projects would showcase India as an upcoming market for utility-scale energy storage solutions and provide useful technical, operational and financial learning for the entire power sector. Assuming a price of INR 15,000/kWh (~USD 220/kWh) for lithium-ion batteries, a 2.5 MWh storage unit will cost around INR 38 million (USD 0.6 million). With India expected to become the third largest market for solar deployment after U.S. and China from next year onwards, Bridge to India expects to see much more focus on storage in the coming years.

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