Long-Duration energy storage, will hold a demonstration at US Army Corps of Engineers’ Contingency Base Integration Training Evaluation Centre in Missouri

Long-duration energy storage provider ESS Technology is to demonstrate its system at the US Army Corps of Engineers’ Contingency Base Integration Training Evaluation Centre in Missouri. ESS Technology’s ‘Energy Warehouse’ long-duration energy storage is a containerized turnkey solution for commercial industrial and utility-scale users with an iron flow battery that can deliver up to 12 hours of flexible energy capacity. The system has been commissioned at the R&D base, which is located at the Engineer Research and Development Centre in Fort Leonard Wood and has been incorporated into the Centre’s tactical microgrid. There it has replaced a prototype storage system that had been initially deployed in 2016. The aim is to demonstrate the role that long-duration energy storage, specifically iron flow battery technology, can play in reducing fuel consumption at contingency bases such as forward operating bases or other temporary use locations. Currently, most contingency bases are powered by diesel generators which continually adjust output to meet demand. Variation in output results in inefficient operation and increasing fuel consumption, while the delivery of the fuel also presents risks for personnel. Thus, reducing the fuel demand at the bases reduces costs and emissions while also reducing unnecessary fuel resupply.