- Largest storage facility in the company's fleet is now
operating in Chesterfield
County
- Batteries store energy and discharge it to the grid when
customers need it the most
RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 7, 2023
/PRNewswire/ -- In the latest expansion of Dominion Energy
Virginia's growing renewable fleet, the company's largest battery
storage facility to date is now operational.
Located in Chesterfield County,
the Dry Bridge Battery Energy Storage System can store up to 20
megawatts of electricity, enough to power 5,000 homes for up to
four hours. It also will generate approximately $1.2 million in annual tax revenue for
Chesterfield.
The new system, which went online in late November, adds to
Dominion Energy's growing number of battery storage facilities in
the Commonwealth, including three in operation
in Powhatan, New Kent and Hanover counties
and two under development in Sussex and Loudoun counties.
Batteries play an increasingly critical role in electric
reliability as the company builds the largest offshore wind project
in the U.S. and continues expanding the second-largest solar fleet
in the nation. Batteries can store energy from renewables during
periods of low demand and then discharge it to the grid during
periods of high demand when customers need it the most.
"Battery storage is an important part of our mission of
delivering reliable, affordable and increasingly clean energy to
our customers," said Ed Baine,
President of Dominion Energy Virginia. "As our battery storage
fleet grows, it means we can continue adding more clean energy to
the grid while delivering the reliability our customers
expect."
Completion of the Dry Bridge facility comes on the heels of
several other major battery storage developments in recent months.
In August, the company broke ground on a 50-megawatt battery
storage project at Dulles
International Airport, which will become the largest in its fleet
once in operation. Since September, the company has announced
battery storage pilot projects at Darbytown Power Station and
Virginia State University, both of
which will test potentially game-changing, longer-duration
alternatives to traditional lithium-ion batteries.
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About Dominion Energy
About 7 million customers
in 15 states energize their homes and businesses with
electricity or natural gas from Dominion Energy (NYSE: D),
headquartered in Richmond, Va. The company is committed
to providing reliable, affordable, and increasingly clean
energy every day and to achieving Net Zero emissions by
2050. Please visit DominionEnergy.com to learn
more.
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