Energy Northwest – Horn Rapids Solar and Storage: A Techno-economic Assessment

Technical Report · Mon Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 2022

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1894860· OSTI ID:1894860

Ma, Xu ^[1]; Wu, Di ^[1]; Crawford, Aladsair J. ^[1]

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1. Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

In 2017, as part of the second round of funding from the Washington State Clean Energy Fund, the Washington State Department of Commerce granted up to $$\$$3$$ million in matching funds to develop an estimated $6.5 million project that deployed a 4-MW, 20-acre solar generating array of photovoltaic (PV) panels coupled with a 1 MW/4 MWh (nameplate capacity) lithium-iron-phosphate battery energy storage system (BESS) in Richland, Washington. The combination of PV and BESS will provide a predictable, renewable generating source and will also serve as a training ground for solar and battery technicians throughout the nation. This report documents the techno-economic assessment of the integrated system, including the definition of use cases and applications, collection and preparation of data and input parameters, development of modeling and optimization methods, case studies, and analysis results.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 1894860
• Report Number(s): PNNL-ACT-10125
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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