United Power announced Tuesday that it will partner with Ameresco, Inc. on a battery storage contract that will allow the local utility to balance its power needs.
Ameresco, Inc. is a leading cleantech integrator that specializes in energy efficiency and renewable energy.
Over the next 20 years, Ameresco will install battery arrays in multiple locations throughout United Power’s customer territory. The battery installments will allow the utility to balance its power needs throughout the day while still using renewable resources, a press release from United Power stated.
The use of batteries on our distribution network is essential to a resilient and responsive power system, and we are excited to be moving ahead with one of the most aggressive plans for such a system,” stated Mark A. Gabriel, president and CEO of United Power. “These battery arrays will allow us to balance our power needs throughout the day and incorporate local renewables more efficiently.”
Through the agreement, Ameresco will provide four 11.75-megawatt and four 7.84-megawatt battery arrays that will be located in eight substation sites in Adams, Broomfield and Weld counties.
The contract is one of many United Power is in the process of obtaining before its departure from its current wholesale power contractor, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc. The departure is scheduled for May 1, 2024.
“We are thrilled to partner with United Power on this transformational battery storage project,” said Jon Mancini, Ameresco senior vice president of Solar Project Development. “By strategically locating distributed resources and battery storage throughout their service territory, United Power will make strides toward achieving a resilient and responsive power system that integrates clean and renewable power resources for their rate base.”
