Puerto Rican solar and battery project to boost grid reliability

Solar renewables company Infinigen Renewables and ArcLight Capital Partners have announced a power and battery infrastructure project in Puerto Rico to provide supportive flexibility and reliability to the power grid.

A 15MW storage project will be paired with a 32MW solar project in the Yabucoa municipality of Puerto Rico.

To bring the project online, Infinigen, a subsidiary of a fund managed by ArcLight, is partnering with FlexGen Power Systems, a battery energy storage integrator and software technology provider.

The project will provide needed reliability and flexibility to the local grid, with increased power from the YFN Yabucoa Solar Project.

According to the companies in a release, it will comply with some of the most demanding grid specifications, as per the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s requirements, by utilising FlexGen’s HybridOS energy management system platform and digital controls.

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“This project expands our current fleet in Puerto Rico to over 100MW. Coupled with our development pipeline of over 1GW of renewable assets, it represents another step towards the strategic objective of being the leading developer and operator of solar and storage capacity in Puerto Rico,” said Leslie Hufstetler, CEO of Infinigen Renewables.

“We are partnering with FlexGen to help deliver renewable power, reliability and grid enhancements to the infrastructure and people of Puerto Rico where power demand is expected to continue to grow.”

“Energy storage is critical to helping Puerto Rico with extreme weather and grid reliability. The island also has some of the strictest grid requirements in the world,” said Kelcy Pegler, CEO of FlexGen.

“We are proud to have been chosen and to partner with Infinigen Renewables for this project, a leading renewables developer and operator. With their deep portfolio, resources and experience in the local market, they know more than anyone what it takes to bring projects online successfully,” added Pegler.