The Oregon State Data Center, Oregon Military Department and the Anderson Readiness Center are also participating. The energy storage system works with state of Oregon standby generators to create a high reliability zone to reduce service interruptions for PGE customers. PGE worked with EnerDel to outfit the center with their 5 MW lithium-ion battery system, and Eaton to provide engineering expertise and two-way inverters to manage and operate the energy storage system. The PGE project will test energy storage, dispatchable standby generation, remotely operated power line switches, demand response, renewable energy integration and transactive control. “We are proud of the collaboration, hard work and ingenuity that went into this project, and thank our Salem customers who volunteered to participate in this important study.” “Together with our project partners and customers, we are demonstrating smart grid technologies to help Oregon and the nation learn how to build intelligent energy resources for the future while continuing to deliver long term value for customers,” said Jim Piro, PGE president and CEO. An onsite visitor center offers educational exhibits about the project and smart grid. The resultant microgrid serves about 500 business and residential customers in southeast Salem. Outfitted with a large scale energy storage system, the Salem smart power center is designed to help PGE test how to store and better integrate variable renewable energy sources like solar and wind into the electrical grid, along with several other smart technologies as part of its Salem Smart Power Project. (METERING.COM) - J– Portland General Electric has opened an 8,000-square-foot facility in Salem, OR to test and demonstrate smart grid technologies.
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