Electric Grid Services
Performance and reliability are essential to electric transmission and distribution
grids. To preserve electric grid integrity, operators often need to call on resources
to provide critical ancillary services such as reserve capacity and frequency
regulation services. Traditionally, these grid services are provided by running
select power plants on the grid below their full load capability so they can be
called on and ramped up quickly as required. Advanced batteries capable of
providing rapid charge and discharge cycles as well as high power and energy
over a long calendar life can serve as a cost-effective alternative for reserve
capacity and frequency regulation services.