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Electricalmarketing 2448 Ge Reservoir 1024
Electricalmarketing 2448 Ge Reservoir 1024
Electricalmarketing 2448 Ge Reservoir 1024
Electricalmarketing 2448 Ge Reservoir 1024

GE Goes Deep in Energy Storage with Reservoir Introduction

March 7, 2018
Its 1.2 MW, 4 MWh Reservoir Storage Unit is the fundamental building block of the Reservoir platform.

In a bid to grow its Power business, General Electric (GE), Boston, today introduced a major offering for the energy storage market, a battery power system dubbed Reservoir. The company said it has a 20 MW, 80 MWh pre-launch commitment from an unnamed client. With the introduction, GE enters the battle against several companies including Tesla and Siemens for what is expected to be a rapidly growing energy storage market.

GE’s 10-year footprint in the energy storage space has focused to date on using its gas and hybrid gas-electric turbines. Last month, GE announced a new project with the Arenko Group to build one of the world’s largest energy storage systems in the UK.

“The energy landscape is undergoing an unprecedented paradigm shift, as the growth of renewables, decentralization of power and digitization create both new challenges and opportunities in how power is generated, transmitted and distributed,” said Russell Stokes, President and Chief Executive Officer of GE Power. “GE’s Reservoir delivers the new type of energy system that customers are looking for to help manage electricity’s next chapter.”

Reservoir is a flexible, compact energy storage solution for AC or DC coupled systems. Its 1.2 MW, 4 MWh Reservoir Storage Unit is the fundamental building block of the Reservoir platform. It is a modular solution that integrates GE’s Battery Blade design (module stack design). The modular system has multiple installation and cabling options including pad or pier and is designed to minimize operation and maintenance (O&M) expenses over the life of the project with an all-weather design and high-efficiency cooling system. It also leverages Predix and Edge controls technologies to handle data.