Sungrow has secured a contract to supply a 15MW energy storage system for a solar project in Massachusetts, the US.
The battery, which has a 32 megawatt hour energy capacity, will participate in wholesale markets operated by Independent System Operator (ISO)-New England.
The project, which is deployed across five distribution grid-connected sites, is planned for commissioning in the first half of 2020.
It is one of the first solar-plus storage installations to contribute to the Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target (SMART) programme.
Stem will operate the solar-storage system. New York based private equity outfit Syncarpha Capital owns the asset.
Stem chief executive John Carrington said: “We are happy to partner with Sungrow which has a trusted 20-plus year track record in this industry for the first batch of SMART projects and many more in the future.
“We felt strongly about Sungrow Samsung SDI’s product offering, especially with the fully integrated concept, which really helped us reduce the levelised cost of energy and operational costs.”