AES Laurel Mountain Overview
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y Geinzer
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Global workforce
Capacity at AES utility businesses
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AES is a leader in energy storage partnerships with 72MW in
commercial operations in the US and abroad.
Chile
New York
98 MW Laurel Mountain Wind Project
with 32 MW BESS
Serving PJM Market
Chile
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AES Laurel Mountain
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12.5 miles along Laurel Mountain in Randolph and Barbour counties
– ~ 2000 acres landowners
– ~ 30 acres AES property
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61 GE 1
1.6
6 MW Turbines
T bi
– 97.6 MW Total Capacity
– $239 M capital
– Revenue streams
• Capacity sales
• REC sales
• Energy sales
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32 MW Battery Energy Storage System
– $29 M capital
– Revenue stream
• Regulation sales
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First Energy interconnection
PJM merchant market
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Local Contributions
• Jobs
– 300 – 350 construction jobs (1 year duration)
– 13 permanent O & M jobs
– ~ 104 non-manufacturing jobs
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Services
Supplies
Non-warranty parts
Consultants
• ~$1.5
$1.5 M - $2.5 M generated annually for the local economy
• ~$1.0 M in annual payroll
• Tax revenue
– $450k/year county taxes
– $340k/year state taxes
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Conditions at Laurel Mountain
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Average wind speed 15 mph
Wind from the West
Average Capacity Factor=32%
Average Temp 51o F (Avg. low 38o F/ Avg. hi 64o F)
Rainfall 3.63”
3.63” avg.
Snow Depth 28”
28” average
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Turbine Description
252 feet
(77 meter)
262 feet
(80 meter)
Total – 388 feet (118 meter)
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This is
Thi
i equivalent
i l t to
t a
26 story building
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AES Laurel Mountain
Energy Storage Major Participants
Substation and
Energy Storage
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32 MW Energy
Storage
Allegheny Power
138kV substation
AES 34.5kV
substation
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Batteries on the grid? Example from one supplier
Cells
Racks
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Submodules
Trays
2 MW Grid Units
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Module Layout
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Interior Shot of Battery Container
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Battery Container Features
Each Battery Container holds up to 500kWh and can charge/discharge at 2MW
Battery Racks
18/19 per container
Battery Tray
8 per Rack
Battery Rack Controller
1 per Rack
Battery Container
Main Control Screen
Air conditioning control 5
per container
Main disconnect for
DC cable connection
to Inverter Container
Fire extinguishing
system controller
FM200 fire
extinguisher
2 per container
Camera – 2 per
C
container
Auxiliary power panel
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Inverter Container
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Inverter Container Features
Each Inverter Container has four 1MW inverters for total charge/discharge power of 4MW
E h side
Each
id (two
(t
1MW inverters)
i
t
) off the
th Inverter
I
t Container
C t i
is
i connected
t d to
t one entire
ti Battery
B tt
Container
C t i
Two 1MW inverters
T
i
t
on each side of the
container
One inverter
Inverter Control Panel
2 per container
Ambient
AC cooling
system
Communication
cabinet and aux power
panel
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Energy Storage Deevice providdes wind raamp controol and
frequency regulation to PJM
Wind Energy
without baattery
F
Frequency
Regulationn
Wind Energy
with battery
Windd Energy w/ Ramp Coontrol
Sta Grid
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a
tion
on
M
Project
Revenue Meter
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Coombined Output
Ramp Mitigati
T energy storage devicce is an integrated part ofo the wind generation project
The
p and will improvee the overall capability ofo the facility. The storaage
u enable the project tot manage extreme channges in wind output and enable the provision off low emissions Regulation service, a critical syystem
units
r
reliability
reserve. SCAADA systems collect teleemetry from the wind geeneration and combine with
w it Frequency Regullation commands from PJM
P and
r through a combined control algorithm. Thee result is renewable eneergy generation with greater ramp rate control plus
run
p the provision of loww
e
emissions
frequency regulation for grid stabilityy. The full site will be able to provide energy annd operating reserves simmilar to thermal power
ggenerating sites, but withh lower emissions.
SCCADA
+
Control algorithmm directs the storage
device using Winnd Energy generation
and PJM Frequency Telemetry as inputts
Frequency
Regulation
Telemetry
PJMM sends Frequency
Regulaation Signal to Storage
Device
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Under AES management, Laurel Mountain energy storage provides
precise control to PJM, the power system operator.
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Future Projects
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Assumes charging from solar, wind or other renewables
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Parts of a Wind Turbine
Anemometer and
Wind Vane
Rotor
and
Blade
Nacelle
Generator
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Main Shaft
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