NEC to execute New England storage projects

NEC Energy Solutions (NEC ES) will execute six energy storage projects of more than 20 megawatts at municipal power plants throughout New England.

The endeavor in Madison, Maine, and Ashburnham, Templeton, Wakefield, Middleton and Taunton, Mass., would reduce costs for transmission and capacity charges – directly benefiting ratepayers.

“We have more than 750 megawatts of energy storage systems around the world from Japan and China to Hawaii and California, in Chile and Brazil and across the Atlantic to Germany and the UK,” Steve Fludder, CEO of NEC Energy Solutions, said. “It
is especially important for us to make an impact right here at home in Massachusetts and the rest of New England.”

Fludder said NEC Energy Solutions is a global leader reinventing electricity to a cleaner and more renewable system.

“It’s great to see our neighboring municipal light plants adopting our energy storage solutions and realizing substantial savings, which flow directly to those town’s ratepayers,” he said.

The project involves three of Massachusetts municipal power plants, including Ashburnham, Templeton, and Wakefield, partnering with Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company (MMWEC).

“We were very fortunate to have the team we had that brought this project to life, including NEC Energy Solutions,” MMWEC CEO Ronald C. DeCurzio said. “From delivery through commissioning, NEC was a great partner, even two years later they worked closely with MMWEC to help set up our dispatch program. These projects continue to pay dividends as the combination of MMWEC’s peak forecasting program, along with these installations, are proving to be beneficial.”