ComEd Commissions New DOE-Funded Solar, Battery Storage in Rockford
06 Décembre 2024 - 6:38PM
Business Wire
ComEd pilot aims to explore scalability of
solar and energy storage solutions to support a more resilient
power grid
ComEd, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE),
today celebrated the commissioning of a new battery-energy storage
system in Rockford. This battery system is a critical component of
ComEd’s ongoing $6.5 million solar and battery energy storage
project, funded in part through the DOE Enabling Extreme Real-Time
Grid Integration of Solar Energy (ENERGISE) program. The pilot
project pairs this new battery energy storage system with an
existing customer-owned solar deployment, located at Rockford’s
Prairie Street Brewing Company, and will enable ComEd’s research
into distributed energy resource management systems that will
support the efficient use of solar power generation and grid
resiliency.
“Building on our nation-leading reliability and resiliency,
ComEd continues to invest in modernizing and strengthening the grid
our customers rely on,” said Gil C. Quiniones, President
and CEO of ComEd. “Exploratory pilot projects like this one are
crucial to ensuring the grid is fully prepared to support
large-scale solar and battery energy storage solutions that are key
to the clean energy future in northern Illinois.”
The test pilot, funded by $3.2 million in DOE grant funding and
$3.3 million from ComEd and other project partners, will explore
the benefits of distributed energy resource management systems
(DERMS) to support the integration of private solar panel
deployments to grid-connected battery energy storage systems. The
results will provide critical data to support the scalability of
similar generation deployments throughout northern Illinois to
encourage expanded solar generation and support a more resilient
and adaptive power grid.
The solar panels, owned by the Koch family and located at local
Rockford brewery Prairie Street Brewing Company, provide additional
power generation for the brewery. Through this is a single-location
battery test pilot, ComEd deployed a battery energy storage
solution half a mile from the brewery to store power generated from
the panels and better connect that energy with the community’s
grid. This project is also directly supporting the brewery by
maximizing the potential of their solar energy generation.
A provided statement by the Koch Family said, “Prairie Street
Brewing Company and the Koch Family are excited at the opportunity
to partner with ComEd on this solar and energy storage project. We
installed our solar panels in 2020 and have seen great benefits for
our power usage. We hope that this project helps encourage other
northern Illinois businesses to explore their own solar
installations which can benefit their bottom line while
simultaneously supporting their communities.”
The pilot will test various renewable smoothing techniques to
help ensure the power output of the solar generation is available
throughout the day, and not just when the sun is shining. Data
gathered from this deployment will influence future solar panel and
battery energy storage solutions. Expanding and scaling these
solutions will support the goals of the state’s Climate and
Equitable Jobs Act, which calls for the expansion of solar and
other renewables to meet a goal of 100 percent clean energy by
2050.
“The Climate and Equitable Jobs Act set Illinois on the path to
a 100 percent carbon-free economy. Expanding battery storage
technology is a key tool for spurring local job growth and meeting
Illinois’ energy transition targets by helping to make the most out
of solar generation,” said Illinois Commerce Commission Chairman
Doug Scott.
Funding for this project was awarded in 2021 by the Solar Energy
Technologies Office of the DOE. The Rockford battery deployment is
one of 12 projects occurring throughout the country through the
ENERGISE program to explore solar and battery storage solutions.
Battery commissioning is taking place in December 2024 and testing
of the battery system and solar panels will run through January
2025.
“The City of Rockford is honored to be home to this solar and
battery storage project,” said Thomas P. McNamara, Mayor of
Rockford. “We are seeing solar deployments grow in Rockford and
the surrounding county, and we are excited to collaborate with
ComEd to maximize the power of solar deployments in our community
to further support our clean energy future.”
Solar generation continues to grow in Illinois, and to date,
ComEd has interconnected more than 1 gigawatt of distributed energy
resource (DER) capacity on the grid, including 57,780 residential
rooftop solar systems, 1,582 commercial solar systems and 150
community solar projects. Developing additional battery storage
capabilities is a critical component to help customers realize the
full benefit of added solar generation in Illinois.
These new investments build on a longstanding collaboration
between ComEd and Rockford, including advancements made as part of
the Community of the Future (CoF) program, aimed at developing
advanced energy technologies to enhance sustainability and
resiliency across Rockford and the region. As a Community of the
Future, Rockford has emerged as a clean energy hub, recently being
named the beneficiary of a $50 million DOE grant to advance grid
reliability and resiliency. Additionally, Rockford has attracted
numerous solar developments, including a ComEd Give-A-Ray solar
subscription program and launched various STEM and workforce
training programs to help residents prepare for a growing number of
clean energy careers, with programming based at ComEd’s state of
the art Rockford Training Center.
ComEd is a unit of Chicago-based Exelon
Corporation (NASDAQ: EXC), a Fortune 200 energy company serving
more than 10.5 million electricity and natural gas customers – the
largest number of customers in the U.S. ComEd powers the lives of
more than 4 million customers across northern Illinois, or 70
percent of the state's population. For more information visit
ComEd.com, and connect with the company on Facebook, Instagram,
LinkedIn, X, and YouTube.
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