Solar-plus-storage energy projects join Nexamp community farms – EQ Mag Pro
Nexamp and Borrego have activated two solar-plus-storage energy projects within ISO New England Territory, namely the Nexamp community solar farms in Massachusetts, USA. They aim to build momentum for a cleaner and more resilient regional power grid.
The projects were completed by Nexamp, which provides solutions for the deployment and operation of solar energy assets, in partnership with Borrego, a developer, EPC and O&M provider that delivers solar and energy storage projects in the U.S.
Co-located in the Nexamp community solar farms, each project combines solar generation and storage.
Brockelman Road is a solar+plus+storage project capable of generating 1.7MW of solar energy alongside 1MW/2MWh of battery storage.
On the other end, Clark Road is a solar+plus+storage project with 7.1MW of solar capacity and 3 MW/6.1MWh of storage.
Both participate in the Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target (SMART) Program, which provides incentives for co-located solar and storage projects.
The projects will provide critical frequency regulation services for the ISO New England market alongside grid functions.
Each participates in the Massachusetts Clean Peak Energy Standard program as well as ISO New England’s capacity and frequency regulation markets.
The Clean Peak Energy Standard program provides incentives to clean energy technologies that supply electricity or reduce demand during times of peak power usage.
The capacity and frequency regulation markets fulfill reliability functions for the regional power market, deploying resources to avoid outages and ensure that sufficient supply is online to support the power grid.
Mark Frigo, Vice President of Energy Storage, Nexamp, commented on the projects in a statement, “Energy storage is critical for our ability to deploy renewable energy to broadly resolve issues of energy security and climate change.”
Brendan Neagle, Borrego EVP of Project Finance, also commented on the partnership, “Our companies leveraged our experiences as early adopters of storage and solar-plus-storage systems in the Commonwealth to bring these projects to fruition, working in close cooperation with all project stakeholders.”
Source: smart-energy
