Alevo to deliver first GridBank, to PJM

21 May 2017



Alevo says its first commercial GridBankTM energy storage unit has been cleared for shipping and installation in Hagerstown, MD, after completing an extensive factory acceptance testing process at Parker Hannifin’s Energy Grid Tie division. Alevo and Parker Hannifin have collectively conducted a series of validation and application tests on the 2MW/1MWh unit to verify performance, including safety, power, thermal stability, response rates, etc.


Alevo says its first commercial GridBankTM energy storage unit has been cleared for shipping and installation in Hagerstown, MD, after completing an extensive factory acceptance testing process at Parker Hannifin’s Energy Grid Tie division. Alevo and Parker Hannifin have collectively conducted a series of validation and application tests on the 2MW/1MWh unit to verify performance, including safety, power, thermal stability, response rates, etc.

The unit will be used in the PJM system primarily for frequency regulation and charging/discharging cycles in durations of less than an hour. Alevo says its GridBanks are well suited to such applications thanks to its patented inorganic electrolyte, AlevolyteTM — which, Alevo claims, exhibits “no degradation in its power output capability after thousands of full battery cycles”. Due to its long cycle life, while continuing to provide its nameplate power output, the Alevo GridBank’s projected 20-year duty cycle offers “a grid asset that has the lowest total cost of ownership of any storage technology”, says Alevo.

The first commercial facility is expected to be the first of three installations in Hagerstown, totalling 12 MW.

Alevo Analytics, the intelligence and analytics arm of Alevo Group, will provide its full suite of GridMaestroTM software and run other real-time analytics. 

Christopher Christiansen, president of Alevo Energy, said: “We can now demonstrate what makes a GridBank’s safety and performance characteristics unique in the market. With our non-flammability and full range of usable capacity, we are capable of following PJM’s enhanced Reg D signal accurately.”

Alevo, founded in 2009, is headquartered in Switzerland, while GridBanks are manufactured in the USA (see Modern Power Systems, Jan 2015, pp 22-25). 

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