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By YourValley
Salt River Project and Google are teaming on a research project to better understand the performance of non-lithium ion long-duration energy storage technologies with a goal of putting those technologies to use at the utility scale.
Google will fund a portion of the costs for pilot projects developed for SRP’s grid. Google will evaluate data on the pilot projects’ performance and provide input on the research and testing plans.
“We believe that long duration energy storage will play an essential role in meeting SRP’s sustainability goals and ensuring grid reliability,” said Chico Hunter, SRP manager of innovation and development. “This first-of its kind research collaboration with Google will bring additional insight into the viability of these new technologies that could move them to maturity more quickly.”
