As part of the project, the companies integrated 20MW of advanced battery-based energy storage with a 544MW thermal power plant.
A123 Systems supplied the energy storage systems for the project, which is owned by AES Gener
AES Energy Storage partnered with AES Gener throughout the design, development, and installation of the Angamos BESS.
AES Gener CEO Felipe Ceron said as one of the largest power generators in Chile, the company is consistently looking for ways to unlock value of its existing plants while maintaining grid reliability and flexibility.
"Since 2009, we’ve been working with AES Energy Storage to free up generating capacity at our Norgener plant by employing a battery-based installation to meet the power system’s obligations for spinning reserve," Ceron said.
That project has been in commercial operation for nearly three years, and we’re now applying the service on a larger scale with Angamos."
The Angamos BESS is comprised of about one million advanced lithium-ion battery cells, divided between ten 2MW battery containers, and five 4MW power controls containers.
AES Energy Storage worked with the region’s grid operator, CDEC-SING, AES Gener and its partners to configure the parameters of the advanced reserves product enabling the Angamos BESS to meet the performance requirements of the electrical system operator and respond autonomously within established parameters.
The advanced reserve capacity provided by the storage technology will enable the Angamos plant to generate an additional 20MW of energy at virtually all times throughout the year.
