Ontario’s electrical energy system operator is asserting that it’s bringing seven new battery storage tasks into the province’s grid, to help reliability and assist finally transfer away from pure gasoline.
But within the meantime, at the moment’s procurement announcement additionally comes with extra pure gasoline era, from expansions and upgrades at current websites.
The Independent Electricity System Operator says Ontario can eradicate pure gasoline within the electrical energy system by 2050, however it’s nonetheless wanted for now to take care of reliability.
The IESO stated within the fall that Ontario ought to safe 4,000 extra megawatts of capability within the system – sufficient to energy the town of Toronto – because it faces surging electrical energy demand and a big nuclear plant is about to return offline.
Today’s announcement quantities to 1,325 of these 4,000 megawatts and the IESO says there are a number of different storage tasks within the works.
Ontario Energy Minister Todd Smith says it marks Canada’s largest power storage procurement.
