Manatee Battery Energy Storage Center
Type: Substation, Renewable
厂肠辞辫别:听Construct a new battery energy storage center
Location: Manatee County, FL鈥�
Client: Florida Power & Light
Irby was awarded the construction of the Florida Light & Power (FPL) Manatee Battery Energy Storage Center (BESS) in August of 2020. The BESS and substation consist of 132 new battery line-ups (battery containers and integrated inverter/pad-mount transformer skids), connected to a new 230/34.5 kV substation. The substation consists of 44 feeder breakers, each connected to three battery line-ups; four bus-tie breakers; six transmission breakers; two charging feeder breakers; three GSUs; and associated other equipment, bus, cables, conduit, grounding, foundations, etc.
This 409MW/900MWh energy storage center, the equivalent of 100 million iPhone batteries, will be the world鈥檚 largest solar-powered battery. The project will accelerate the retirement of fossil fuel generation, saving FPL customers more than $100 million while eliminating more than 1 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions.听
鈥淚rby has worked with FPL for over 20 years. However, this is the first project of this kind together and unique in scope,鈥� said Andre Foster, Vice President of Business Development and Major Projects. 鈥淚rby looks forward to completing this special project with a long-standing partner like FPL.鈥�听
Start Date:听September 2020
Completion Date: In Progress/Scheduled December 2021听
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