The two 9.9-MW Texas Waves storage facilities are fed by E.ON’s 249-MW Pyron and the 197-MW Inadale wind farms

The two 9.9-MW, short-duration Texas Waves storage facilities are fed by E.ON’s 249-megawatt Pyron and the 197-megawatt Inadale wind farms, both near Roscoe, Texas. The advanced energy storage systems are programmed for multiple applications including a rapid response to shifts in demand, power quality, and overall grid reliability.

Greensmith Energy provided the design, integration and commissioning of the turn-key energy storage systems, leveraging the company’s industry-leading GEMS software platform that provides real-time monitoring, integrated control and system optimization and safety throughout system life.

“The Texas Waves project demonstrates our commitment to delivering clean energy in Texas as the battery energy storage systems will be charged from our wind farm facilities near Roscoe, Texas,” said Mark Frigo, VP of Energy Storage North America, E.ON Climate & Renewables. “Our partnership with Greensmith ensured we delivered another successful project in record time.”

“We are thrilled how well these Texas Waves systems performed during the recent weather spells and the growing number of system deployments we’ve made in ERCOT,” said Greensmith CEO John Jung. “We are proud to continue our partnership with E.ON Climate & Renewables to provide ancillary services to ERCOT and support the shared vision to transform and improve the electricity grid.”

The Texas Waves projects represent a total of three successful energy storage systems installed by E.ON and Greensmith Energy including Iron Horse in Arizona, a solar hybrid energy storage system for Tucson Electric Power.

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The combination of advanced energy storage and software with hydroelectric generation is considered a world’s first hybridized system to provide ancillary services.

The system, due to begin operating in the first quarter of 2018, will deliver PJM frequency regulation market (PJM=Pennsylvania, Jersey, Maryland power pool) one of the first new energy storage systems since the adoption of new frequency regulation signals and requirements for regulation service. Harnessing Greensmith’s GEMS software platform that offers multiple storage applications, the project will serve both of PJM’s frequency regulation markets, including traditional regulation known as RegA and dynamic regulation known as RegD.

“The advent and growth of hybridized power, enabled by the integration of intelligent energy storage, has always been a key part of our technology vision,” said Greensmith CEO John Jung. “Although we’ve delivered six grid-scale energy storage systems to the PJM market, this innovative hybrid project will see AEP raise the standard for hydroelectric use-cases globally. And the potential for hybridization is massive as hydroelectricity represents over 1,000 gigawatts of generation globally, roughly a sixth of the world’s total.”

Expected to operate for 20 years, the programmable energy storage system running on the GEMS software platform can optimize participation between RegA and RegD signals based fluctuations in market values over time. Now as a Wärtsilä Company, Greensmith continues to invest in advancing energy storage, integration, and software technology – all towards the future hybridization of the electricity grid.

Buck and Byllesby are operated by Appalachian Power, a utility subsidiary of AEP. The hydroelectric plants have been in operation since 1912 and are located on New River.

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The technology group Wärtsilä has signed an agreement to acquire Greensmith Energy Management Systems Inc. (Greensmith), a U.S.-based leader in intelligent energy storage technology, for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition of Greensmith will let Wärtsilä expand its footprint in the energy storage market and position itself as a leading global energy systems integrator. The closing of the transaction is subject to US regulatory approvals. Ownership of the company will be transferred to Wärtsilä after closing of the transaction which is expected to occur no later than July 2017.

The acquisition of Greensmith will let Wärtsilä, a manufacturer of engines such as the one above,  expand its footprint in the energy storage market and position itself as a leading global energy systems integrator.

Founded in 2008, Greensmith is a recognized leader in energy storage technology and systems integration, responsible for deploying about a third of total US energy storage capacity in 2016. Specializing in energy storage optimization and integration software, the company today employs over 40 people and has delivered in excess of 180 MW to some of the largest power companies globally.

Greensmith has developed a world-leading energy management software system called GEMS, currently offered in its fifth generation. This platform enables utilities, Engineering Procurement and Construction companies and Independent Power Producers to manage and monitor individual systems or an entire fleet of systems, identifying and diagnosing equipment issues in real time, and extending system performance and longevity-therefore increasing return on investment. The company also offers a Commercial and Industrial (C&I) and micro-grid solution called OMNI4.

Energy storage is expected to grow exponentially as it becomes an integral part of any energy system. With this in mind, Wärtsilä aims to become a global systems integrator with full in-house capabilities specializing in solutions that offer the combination and optimization of different forms of power generation, energy storage, and demand side management. Having an integration software platform is a must and acquiring Greensmith gives Wärtsilä an industry leading platform to offer across an installed base of over 63 gigawatts of power generation around the world.

“Together with Greensmith, we will become a global energy systems integrator. Greensmith provides unparalleled software and energy storage knowledge and we provide our global footprint, EPC expertise, and large sales network. A perfect match,” says Javier Cavada, President at Wärtsilä Energy Solutions.

“We are very excited to become a key part of Wärtsilä, a global leader in advanced energy solutions,” said John Jung, CEO of Greensmith. “The combination of Greensmith’s proven technologies and Wärtsilä’s global footprint in advanced energy and power plants – will fuel significant growth in both integration and solutions market.”

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