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Saft supplying nearly 1 MWh of Li-ion batteries to Green Charge Networks to support NYC Smart Grid Demonstration Program

17 February, 2012 - 13:13

Green Charge Networks (GCN) has selected Saft to support its role in a $92-million Smart Grid Demonstration Project led by New York's Consolidated Edison, Inc. (Con Edison)—one of the nation's largest investor-owned energy companies. Green Charge Networks (GCN) is a smart grid, and energy storage and management technology company, with a particular expertise in electric vehicle charging.

Con Edison initiated the multi-year demonstration project in 2010 after receiving a US Department of Energy (DOE) award to identify, develop and test new technologies within the electric delivery system that will help build a smarter, more efficient grid, including the integration of smart grid architecture and measuring the effects of widespread electric vehicle adoption on the electric grid.

GCN's scope of work includes the installation and operation of a network of Smart Storage and Generation Units (SSGUs) in the distribution grid that communicate directly with Con Edison. Site selections include several convenience stores as well as other[...]

[Published in GreenNews - Read the original article]