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B.C.’s main energy provider says it has chosen Vancouver Island to house the province’s first battery energy storage project, which will allow energy to be saved up and used during peak times.<\/p>\n
The project will be located at the Vancouver Island Terminal Substation near Duncan, according to B.C. Hydro.<\/p>\n
The utility says it will launch the procurement process for the project by the end of July, with expectations that it will be in service by 2030. <\/p>\n
“As demand for electricity continues to grow throughout British Columbia, we are making strategic investments to continue to deliver reliable, affordable and clean power to homes and businesses,” said Adrian Dix, minister of energy and climate solutions, announcing the project at a news conference Monday.<\/p>\n
He said battery energy storage takes excess energy from a power supply and stores it for use during peak times. The project will be able to store 100 megawatts of energy, he said.<\/p>\n
B.C. Hydro says 100 megawatts of continuous power could supply approximately 87,600 households.<\/p>\n
The energy provider says it chose Vancouver Island for the project because of population growth in the region and an accompanying increase in energy demand. Throughout B.C., demand is expected to grow by 50 per cent by 2050, the utility said. <\/p>\n
Potential for more projects across B.C.<\/p>\n
Nanaimo-Lantzville MLA George Anderson said B.C. Hydro already owns the land next to the Vancouver Island Terminal Substation, making it an ideal location for the project.<\/p>\n
“As someone who calls Vancouver Island home, I know that reliable electricity is essential to our quality of life and our economic future,” said Anderson, who is also the parliamentary secretary for energy and climate solutions, speaking at the announcement.<\/p>\n
Dix said it wasn’t clear yet how large the project would be, adding that those details would come out of the procurement process. <\/p>\n
More battery storage projects are also possible, according to the province. It says B.C. Hydro has identified as much as 500 megawatts of potential battery storage capacity throughout B.C.<\/p>\n
Dix said the technology is relatively new, and that similar projects already exist in Ontario, Alberta, Nova Scotia and California. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":815409,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[45,49,48],"class_list":["post-815408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=815408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/815409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=815408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=815408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=815408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}