Arizona Project to Showcase Combination of Solar, Batteries in Grid Stability
A renewable energy project in the Arizona desert is combining a massive solar farm with a stationary energy-storage solution to generate solar energy during peak sunlight hours, store that energy in batteries and then discharge it back to the grid during peak consumption hours. Helmed by Danish company Orsted in partnership with local utility firm Salt River Project (SRP), the project seeks to solve a critical problem in the nascent renewable energy space. The problem? Solar and wind power can only be generated when the sun shines and the wind blows. Unfortunately, this means that peak green-energy generation typically occurs…