ESS Expands Deployment Footprint in California, Commissions New Project and Advances Energy Center Product Line
18 January 2024 - 1:00AM
Business Wire
Commissioning of project in Missouri, delivery
of multiple Energy Warehouse units and assembly of first Energy
Center position company to deliver on $1B potential project
pipeline.
ESS Tech, Inc. (“ESS”) (NYSE: GWH), a leading manufacturer of
long-duration energy storage systems (LDES) for commercial and
utility-scale applications, today announced progress on multiple
fronts as the company continues to scale production and accelerate
global deployment of iron flow battery technology.
Earlier this week, the company announced the commissioning of an
Energy Warehouse (EW) system at the Contingency Base Integration
Training Evaluation Center (CBITEC) operated by the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers (USACE) Engineer Research and Development Center
(ERDC), located at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. This EW has been
incorporated into a tactical microgrid at CBITEC and will
demonstrate the key role that LDES, specifically iron flow battery
technology, can play to reduce fuel consumption at Contingency
Bases (CB) such as Forward Operating Bases or other temporary use
locations providing humanitarian assistance or disaster relief.
This announcement followed deliveries of EW systems to Burbank
Water and Power (BWP) and the Turlock Irrigation District (TID),
further expanding the company’s deployment footprint in
California.
The ESS system delivered to BWP will be paired with an on-site
solar array and located on the utility’s EcoCampus where ESS
technology will demonstrate the critical role of LDES in a fully
renewable grid. The partnership with BWP was first announced in
November 2022.
At TID, the EW will support Project Nexus and be paired with a
proof of concept of solar panels over irrigation canals in the
United States. Project Nexus aims to conserve water resources by
reducing evaporation while generating clean energy, reducing diesel
generation and reducing energy costs. The project has the potential
to contribute significantly to the state’s clean energy and water
conservation goals. ESS’ partnership with TID was first announced
in February 2023.
These deliveries followed the September startup of six Energy
Warehouse systems delivered to the Sacramento Municipal Utility
District (SMUD). These EW systems were the first to be delivered
under a framework agreement first announced in 2022. Under that
agreement, ESS will deliver up to 200 megawatts (MW) / 2
gigawatt-hours (GWh) of iron flow LDES systems to SMUD. Once fully
operational and paired with renewable energy, 2 GWh of iron flow
battery systems are expected to enable the elimination of
approximately 284,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions per year from
SMUD’s system.
Finally, at the end of 2023, ESS successfully “lifted” its first
Energy Center (EC), a key milestone in the manufacturing process.
The EC is a utility-scale, front-of-the-meter long-duration energy
storage product which provides up to eight hours of energy storage
with a flexible, scalable platform to meet the LDES needs of
utilities worldwide. This inaugural EC system will be commissioned
and delivered to Portland General Electric later this year.
“With these new deployments and progress on our utility-scale
Energy Center, ESS is entering 2024 with strong momentum,” said
Eric Dresselhuys, ESS CEO. “Over the next year, we will continue to
scale our manufacturing and deliver the long-duration energy
storage solutions needed by utility and industrial customers
worldwide to accelerate the clean energy transition.”
Recent product development and deployments build on major
partnerships announced in 2023 with a potential $1 billion project
pipeline. These include partnerships with Honeywell International,
German utility LEAG and significant progress with our partner in
Australia, Energy Storage Industries Asia-Pacific.
About ESS
At ESS (NYSE: GWH), our mission is to accelerate global
decarbonization by providing safe, sustainable, long-duration
energy storage that powers people, communities and businesses with
clean, renewable energy anytime and anywhere it’s needed. As more
renewable energy is added to the grid, long-duration energy storage
is essential to providing the reliability and resiliency we need
when the sun is not shining and the wind is not blowing.
Our technology uses earth-abundant iron, salt and water to
deliver environmentally safe solutions capable of providing up to
12 hours of flexible energy capacity for commercial and
utility-scale energy storage applications. Established in 2011, ESS
Inc. enables project developers, independent power producers,
utilities and other large energy users to deploy reliable,
sustainable long-duration energy storage solutions. For more
information visit www.essinc.com.
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regarding ESS and its management team’s expectations, hopes,
beliefs, or intentions regarding the future. The words “estimate”,
“expect”, “will” and similar expressions may identify
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mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Examples of
forward-looking statements include, among others, statements
regarding the Company’s ability to execute on orders, the Company’s
relationships with customers, and the status of ESS product
development and manufacturing. These forward-looking statements are
based on ESS’ current expectations and beliefs concerning future
developments. Many factors could cause actual future events to
differ materially from such expectations, including, but not
limited to, disruptions, or quality control problems in the
Company’s manufacturing operations; as well as those risks and
uncertainties set forth in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in
the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the nine months
ended September 30, 2023, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “SEC”) on November 14, 2023, and its other filings
filed with the SEC. Except as required by law, ESS is not
undertaking any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking
statements whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise.
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