SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Project partners have announced the launch of a major battery energy storage system, part of the Burchill Wind Project in Saint John, N.B.
Originally announced in the spring of 2022, the Burchill Wind Project partnership is a $95-million Indigenous-led project, which received nearly $50 million in funding from Canada’s Smart Renewables and Electrification Pathways Program to help deploy the project’s 10 wind turbine generators.
Partners in the project are Neqotkuk, also known as Tobique First Nation, Saint John Energy and Natural Forces.
The new battery energy storage system is the largest of its kind in New Brunswick and will help store the intermittent electricity created by Burchill’s wind turbine generators, which generate up to 42 megawatts of electricity for the Saint John Energy grid. The storage system consists of a 11.6 megawatt-hour lithium-ion battery that can deliver 5.8 megawatts of energy to the grid for a two-hour period on a full charge.
“This energy storage project is an important step in our work on climate action and our determination to be a national utility leader in the transition to net zero,” stated Saint John Energy CEO Ryan Mitchell in a statement.
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