Mitsubishi Power joining Battery Storage with Origis Solar in southeast U.S.

Solar energy company Origis Energy has selected Mitsubishi Power Americas to deliver three utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) projects with a total capacity of 150 MW/600 MWh.

The projects will be co-located with three photovoltaic solar facilities of Origis Energy in the Southeast U.S. The move will help reduce curtailment of surplus solar generation and enable higher capacity and greater efficiency of the sites, Origis says.

The three BESS projects will use Mitsubishi Power Emerald storage solution and are scheduled to come online over the next two years. They will use Mitsubishi Power’s energy management system as well as supervisory control and data acquisition system to monitor the system’s status, control charge and discharge cycles, enable long-term data storage, and send alarms and alerts.

“Storage of renewably generated power is an increasingly important grid asset,” said Kenneth Kim, Vice President, Engineering & Strategy Planning, Origis Energy. “By adding the BESS solution to these facilities, we increase the value of the asset, adding enhanced grid solutions to clean, cost-effective solar power. We thank Mitsubishi Power for their collaboration on these projects, creating long term benefits for our customers.”

Origis has installed more than 1.5 GW of operational and contracted projects in the Southeast and 4 GWs in total across the U.S. Additionally, the company has 2.3 GWh of BESS projects contracted or in negotiation with 13.7 GWh currently being developed.

Headquartered in Lake Mary, Florida, Mitsubishi Power has over 2.5 GWh of utility-scale BESS projects in various stages of deployment globally.