Con Edison awards contract for battery storage/EV charging project
Con Edison awarded Centrica Business Solutions a contract to install a battery energy storage system and 18 publicly available electric vehicle chargers in Brooklyn, N.Y.
This will be the first project in New York City that combines energy storage and electric vehicle charging.
“This project is unique in that it pairs an energy storage system with electric vehicle chargers, two technologies that will each play a big role in our clean energy future,” Tim Cawley, the chief executive of Con Edison, said. “Our hub will help make service to our customers in the area more reliable, provide drivers with an easily accessible place to charge, and spruce up a vacant lot.”
Centrica will design, build, own and operate a 5-megawatt/15-megawatt hour battery system as well as 18 direct-current fast chargers at the site. The storage system will hold 5 million watts, enough to power about 5,000 apartments for four hours during a summer peak. Direct-current fast chargers provide up to 350 kilowatts and can fully charge a vehicle in less than an hour. Con Edison will connect the battery system and chargers to its grid.
“Once complete, this will be one of the largest charging hubs anywhere in the city and the only one combined with a battery energy storage system,” Chris Covell, the head of Centrica Business Solutions North America, said. “This kind of infrastructure project is vital to encourage the switch to electric vehicles and will help New York become greener and more resilient for future generations.”
Centrica Business Solutions will install the batteries and chargers by the summer of 2022. The storage system will be in place until at least 2035.
The electric vehicle chargers will be part of a demonstration project as Con Edison will publish public updates on the progress of the project, sharing findings and conclusions that will help planners make future fast-speed EV charging hubs as efficient as possible.
