Hawaii’s Public Utilities Commission approved a $25 million contract with Swell Energy to deliver a virtual power plant for Hawaiian Electric customers on three islands.
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Swell Energy, a California-based smart grid solutions provider, will install behind-the-meter, solar-powered home batteries to approximately 6,000 residential customers on the islands of Oahu, Maui and Hawaii.
The Hawaiian program will deliver more than 25 MW of solar power paired with over 80 MW of batteries and 100 MWh of stored energy, providing capacity and frequency response to the three island grids and reducing bills for participating customers.
Hawaiian Electric chose Swell Energy as the result of a request for dispatchable energy storage and renewable generation through distributed energy resources and capacity and ancillary services. The utility sought the resources to ensure adequate power supply and reliability across its service territory.
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