Each BESS will be
sized up to 5 megawatts/20 megawatt hours in capacity and duration.
Each BESS will occupy
approximately 0.28 acres of land, including all required setbacks and
spacing. Visual screening (trees and shrubs) will be used to prevent any
visual impacts the BESS will have.
BESS will be located at existing solar
array sites and independently connected to the Ontario electricity grid.
The BESS will charge
at night when electricity demand is low, and discharge during the day when
demand is high. BESS components include containerized units housing
all necessary batteries, inverters, fire suppression and extinguishment,
and HVAC systems.
IESO E-LT 1 RFP Timeline
IESO announced draft Request for Proposals for the Procurement of Expedited Long-term Electricity Reliability Services (E-LT 1 RFP) on August 25, 2022 and the final version was released on December 6th, 2022.
As per the IESO procurement, all qualified projects must be submitted by February 16th, 2023 to qualify for the expedited process.
