Published: 27 Jan 2021, 13:30
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How the project looked as it reached towards its completion. Image: AES.
Update 28 January 2021: An AES Corporation representative told Energy-Storage.news that the new natural gas plant at the Alamitos site went online in early 2020 and offered a bit more clarity on the applications and benefits of the battery project, as well as sharing some photographs of the project, which we've also added: "The BESS is sited at the Alamitos Energy Center in Long Beach which also has the new 650MW CCGT that went commercial in Feb 2020. Several older gas fired units were retired and replaced by the more efficient and flexible CCGT. The BESS did not directly replace any gas fired generation, but more so brought new technology that can act as peaking capacity as well as serve ancillary services in the market (e.g. fast response, spinning reserve).