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QUEENS WEEKLY, OCTOBER 27, 2019
LIC’s Ravenswood Generating Station will
have the state’s largest battery storage facility
BY BILL PARRY
Ravenswood is going
green.
The New York State
Public Service Committee
approved construction of
the largest battery storage
facility in New York
State history on Long Island
City’s waterfront.
The company that
runs the 316-megawatt
Ravenswood Generating
Station on Vernon Boulevard
will develop an energy
storage facility on
its property, which will
hold enough electricity to
power more than 250,000
households over an eight
hour period.
According to the developer,
Ravenswood Development,
LLC, the project
will store electricity
drawn from the grid and
other facilities during
off-peak hours.
The stored energy
would then be dispatched
to the grid in accordance
with orders from the New
York grid operator and
Con Edison. The energy
storage facility, expected
to be partially operational
by March 2021, will be
able to provide peak capacity,
energy and ancillary
services, offset more
carbon-intensive on-peak
generation while enhancing
grid reliability in the
five boroughs.
“Energy storage is vital
to building flexibility
into the grid and advancing
Governor Cuomo’s
ambitious clean energy
goals,” Public Service
Commission Chair John
B. Rhodes said. “Projects
like Ravenswood will enable
us to grow the industry
and create jobs
while we continue on our
path toward meeting the
country’s largest energy
storage target.”
The project will be developed
in an area of the
Ravenswood Generating
Station that currently occupied
by peaker units,
that generally only run
when there is a high demand
for electricity, and
most of the units are currently
not in service.
During the construction,
the project will require
between 100 and
120 skilled construction
workers to support peak
construction periods.
“When complete, this
facility will displace energy
produced from fossil
plants during peak periods,
resulting in cleaner
air and reduced carbon
emissions,” Rhodes said.
The project will include
enough lithium-ion batteries
to supply a maximum
of eight hours of storage
capacity at its rated output
and will be able to charge
and discharge up to 316
megawatts of power.
Reach reporter Bill Parry
by e-mail at bparry@
schnepsmedia.com or by
phone at (718) 260–4538.
State regulators approved the development of New York’s largest battery storage facility in
Long Island City. Photo via Wikimedia Commons
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