The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has completed the state’s largest battery storage installation.
The 20MW system, supplied by Key Capture Energy, will serve the state’s electrical system by enhancing power grid performance and reliability.
The capacity will contribute towards New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Green New Deal, which mandates a state-wide energy storage target of 3GW by 2030, the largest target in the US.
Key Capture Energy’s project, called KCE NY1, is located in the Capital Region and is the company’s first since it relocated its headquarters from Houston, Texas to downtown Albany in 2018 in partnership with the University at Albany and the state’s START-UP NY programme, administered by Empire State Development.
Since joining START-UP NY, Key Capture Energy has more than doubled the size of its Albany team to 14 employees to advance the development of the company’s portfolio of utility-scale battery storage projects in New York.