Utilizing its lithium phosphate battery design, including command and control logic, Valence Technology will supply energy systems for the individual smart grid residences containing electric vehicle charging stations and smart appliances.
Valence Technology’s energy systems will be used to support a smart-energy practice known as ‘peak shaving’, whereby smart appliances like dishwashers and washing machines are efficiently utilized during peak demand hours.
This smart grid project will demonstrate how community battery systems can enhance grid stability and decrease overall electricity costs by practicing ‘peak shaving’.
As part of the regional demonstration project entitled ‘Technology Solutions for Wind Integration in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)’, the ‘Smart Grid Community of the Future’ will serve as a test model for the development of future distributed energy-generation communities utilizing clean technologies.
The project includes technologies to monitor the ERCOT electric grid and expanded smart portal capability to support demand response in the new development, Discovery at Spring Trails. With $13.5m in funding from the US Department of Energy, the $27.4m project is scheduled to break ground this year.
The other companies joining the project are CCET, Southwest Research Institute, Electric Power Group, EcoEdge, CenterPoint Energy, Oncor, American Electric Power, Sharyland Utilities, Land Tejas Developers, Montgomery County Municipal Utility District 119, Xtreme Power/Energy Xtreme, General Electric, GridPoint, Direct Energy, Drummond Group and Frontier Associates.
