As per the contract, Altairnano will provide a complete turn-key installation at INE’s Talnique power station, including all phases of site preparation, system installation, testing and commissioning.
The ALTI-ESS system uses Altairnano’s lithium-titanate battery chemistry for its energy storage system, which has been in commercial operation for approximately two years.
The company said the system, by providing frequency control for the grid, will enable INE to better utilize its electricity generation facilities.
The manufacuring of the battery system components will begin in the first half of 2011 that is expected to be operational in early 2012.
Altairnano president and CEO Terry Copeland said that the company’s ALTI-ESS advanced battery system provides an economical solution for managing voltage frequency fluctuations, because of its ability to rapidly absorb energy from the grid, and just as quickly discharge energy back into the grid.
