Published: 15 Feb 2021, 15:35
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Andy Colthorpe
ESS Inc s Energy Warehouse (pictured) is a 75kW / 500kWh containerised system. The new range will start at 3MW power capacity and between six and 16 hours of storage duration. Image: ESS Inc via Facebook, cropped for the site by Andy Colthorpe.
ESS Inc, the US-headquartered manufacturer of a flow battery using iron and saltwater electrolytes, has launched a new range of energy storage systems starting at 3MW power capacity and promising 6-16 hours discharge duration.
The company announced the launch of the ESS Inc Energy Center last week, a containerised utility-scale energy storage product aimed at serving front-of-the-meter use cases as well as larger commercial and industrial (C&I) site applications. Based on ESS Inc’s second generation of flow battery modules, the solution is designed to support large-scale renewable energy projects, serve transmission and distribution (T&D) applications and supply peaking ener
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