Six Nations to co-own battery storage system

Battery storage

By Lisa Iesse Writer Six Nations will co-own a new battery storage system if the community’s latest bid gets a green light from the province. Six Nations of the Grand River Development Corporation (SNGRDC) is teaming up with the Mississaugas of the Credit Business Corporation (MCBC), along with NRStor Inc and Aecon for the new project. The project partners hope to build a Battery Energy Storage System (“BESS”) on a 20-acre lot near Simcoe within five years. The structure would take up about 8 acres of space, and would house up to 106 MW, supplying 424 megawatt hours to the electric grid. If SNGRDC’s latest battery project bid is approved by the province’s Electricity System Operator (IESO), SNGRDC will hold a 25 percent ownership. MCBC will hold another 25 per…

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