On January 28, Sandia’s Energy Storage Demonstration Projects team was invited to Albuquerque Public Schools’ Water and Energy Conservation Committee meeting where APS celebrated the completed commissioning and full operation of the Atrisco Heritage Academy High School Battery Energy Storage System project. Sandia was recognized for their partnership throughout the project and Sandia’s Henry Guan attended the celebration. The project is a battery energy storage deployment project installed to demonstrate energy savings and affordability through the use of batteries for peak demand reduction. The battery, in combination with distributed generation will maintain the school’s peak demand below 500 kW, resulting in a project savings of over $3.5M over the life of the project. Sandia partnered with APS on the technoeconomic evaluation of battery energy storage; engineering support in system procurement, design, and commissioning; and cost share funding.
This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Electricity (OE), Energy Storage Division.