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
State regulators approved the development of New York’s largest battery storage
facility in Long Island City. Photo via Wikimedia Commons
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 email
at bparry@schnepsmedia.com
or by phone at (718) 260–4538.
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