Grid-Scale Battery Storage Systems
Incorporating battery storage systems at the substation level provides numerous benefits, enhancing grid stability and resilience. Proper configuration of electrical substation
BESS facilities must connect to the local power grid through a substation with adequate capacity to accommodate the transmission between the BESS facility and the grid. Additionally, the greater the distance between a BESS facility and the substation, the less efficient the transmission will be.
How Substations Are Incorporating Battery Storage to Enhance Grid Stability and Resilience Substations play a critical role in the power grid, acting as nodes that manage the distribution and transmission of electricity.
On Long Island, communities from Hempstead to Southold are witnessing the introduction of a previously unfamiliar form of Green-adjacent technology in the form of Battery Energy Storage Systems, or “BESS”. I refer to BESS facilities as “Green-adjacent” because, unlike wind and solar farms, they do not produce electricity of their own.
The transition to renewable energy is reshaping the power landscape, with grid-scale battery storage systems playing a pivotal role in this transformation. These systems are crucial for balancing supply and demand, particularly at the substation level, where they enhance grid stability and resilience.
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