June 29, 2022 Power

Battery Energy Storage Augmentation: Key Project Considerations

Just as smartphone batteries lose capacity and degrade over time, batteries that make up a battery energy storage system (BESS) will also eventually degrade and will need to be replaced or supplemented to maintain outlined operational conditions throughout the system’s life span. BESS augmentation is the process of adding battery capacity as the system ages. The timing of augmentation can be affected by the amount of system capacity overbuilt on the front end of a project.