Monday, January 24, 2011

Electrovaya Chosen to Provide Li Ion Storage System For Grid Apps


Electrovaya Inc. has been selected by a major US utility to provide a 1.5MWh capacity Lithium Ion SuperPolymer®Battery Energy Storage System for grid storage applications.

The Electrovaya system will provide energy storage for renewable energy integration and the Smart Grid.

Electrovaya is partnering with ABB, a leading global power and automation technology company, to provide the power conditioning and conversion equipment for the battery energy storage system.

Working with major utilities represents a tremendous opportunity for Electrovaya in the rapidly growing grid energy storage market. We are very pleased to work with ABB on this project and look forward to working with them on many other opportunities.

—Dr. Sankar Das Gupta, CEO of Electrovaya

Electrovaya is the prime contractor in this project and expects the 1.5MWh Energy Storage System to be operating by summer 2011.

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