The city-owned Department of Water and Power will work with Quallion LLC of Sylmar, and BYD Inc., based in Shenzhen, on a project to be located at Pine Tree Wind Farm in the Tehachapi Mountains. The companies plan to invent batteries that will be able to store energy generated by wind or solar power, then release electricity to the DWP power grid at night or during periods of high demand.
"This is an important step forward in building technology that does not even exist yet," Villaraigosa said. "What we are looking to develop is a way to store energy so that we don't have to use it as it is developed. It will allow us to guarantee stable power."
The companies plan to share technology and information, with the goal of being able to develop a five- to 10-megawatt energy-storage system by year's end.
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