Case Study: Con Edison achieves grid resiliency and peak load reduction with Enel X energy storage

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Con Edison, facing rapidly growing peak demand in New York City’s constrained underground grid, needed a more cost-effective alternative to traditional infrastructure upgrades. To address local capacity and resiliency challenges, the utility looked to distributed energy resources and microgrids, including battery storage, solar PV, and fuel cells managed by Enel X’s DEN.OS software.

Enel X implemented a 400 kW solar PV system, a 300 kW / 1200 kWh battery storage system, and a fuel cell at the Marcus Garvey Apartments complex to create the city’s first load-relief microgrid in a stressed network area. The solution shifts midday solar energy to evening peak hours, reduces demand charges, provides backup power during outages, and helps Con Edison avoid a costly $1.2 billion substation upgrade that would otherwise be needed to meet projected overloads.

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