{"id":180428,"date":"2024-01-13T16:25:59","date_gmt":"2024-01-13T22:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/worlds-most-advanced-grid-scale-energy-storage-system-lights-up-in-hawaii"},"modified":"2024-01-13T16:25:59","modified_gmt":"2024-01-13T22:25:59","slug":"worlds-most-advanced-grid-scale-energy-storage-system-lights-up-in-hawaii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/worlds-most-advanced-grid-scale-energy-storage-system-lights-up-in-hawaii","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s most advanced grid-scale energy storage system lights up in Hawaii"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/worlds-most-advanced-grid-scale-energy-storage-system-lights-up-in-hawaii.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Learn about the Kapolei Energy Storage plant, the world\u2019s most advanced battery energy storage system.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>The KES batteries play a crucial role in reducing the curtailment of renewable energy by 69%, allowing Hawaiian Electric to integrate 10% more new utility-scale renewables than previously projected. Additionally, the project is estimated to save customers money, reducing electric bills by an average of $0.28 per month over a 20-year contract life.<\/p>\n<p>The specifications of the KES plant include 135 MW \/ 540 MWH of capacity and energy, 50 MW \/ 25 MWH of additional \u2018fast frequency response\u2019 for grid stability, \u2018virtual inertia\u2019 to mimic the power-smoothing function of a spinning turbine, and \u2018black start\u2019 capabilities for grid recovery during blackouts.<\/p>\n<p>This innovative battery energy storage system replaces the grid capacity of a nearby AES coal power plant, contributing to the state\u2019s clean energy transition. Plus Power, a leader in developing, owning, and operating standalone energy storage, has a growing portfolio of large-scale battery systems across the United States and Canada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn about the Kapolei Energy Storage plant, the world\u2019s most advanced battery energy storage system. The KES batteries play a crucial role in reducing the curtailment of renewable energy by 69%, allowing Hawaiian Electric to integrate 10% more new utility-scale renewables than previously projected. Additionally, the project is estimated to save customers money, reducing electric [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":578,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1497,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-180428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/578"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180428\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}