Sunnova Vitality Worldwide Inc. says will probably be deploying vitality from its aggregated “Adaptive Houses” to alleviate peak capability wants and strengthen the grid in a predominantly low- to moderate-income neighborhood inside Pacific Gasoline and Electrical Co.’s (PG&E) northern California service space.
Sunnova’s aggregated portfolio of shoppers with photo voltaic+storage programs defers the necessity for PG&E to improve the distribution infrastructure at sure substations, cost-effectively extending the helpful lifetime of the prevailing grid infrastructure whereas accommodating for buyer vitality demand. PG&E’s annual Distribution Useful resource Plan (DRP) indicated that focused areas of the distribution system would require elevated capability for under a handful of hours per yr, and Sunnova’s distributed belongings are positioned to effectively meet that want whereas supporting clear vitality and home-owner resiliency wants.
“Our digital energy plant capabilities could be leveraged by means of a focused strategy to alleviate grid stress in centered areas throughout particular occasion home windows inside PG&E’s service space,” says McCrea Dunton, senior director, vitality and grid companies, at Sunnova. “Sunnova is proud to work with PG&E on one among its first deployments of behind-the-meter battery storage programs as a non-wires different that gives our prospects with elevated vitality resiliency.”
Because the California Public Utilities Fee (CPUC) established the Distribution Funding Deferral Framework (DIDF) in 2018, the CPUC has accredited over 34 MW of battery storage contracts for the state’s investor-owned utilities, with 16 MW awarded in PG&E’s service space.
