DTE Vitality has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for brand new standalone vitality storage tasks totaling roughly 450 MW. These tasks will assist DTE Electrical’s CleanVision Integrated Resource Plan and Michigan’s new commonplace of 60% renewable vitality by 2030, each of which contribute to DTE’s overarching carbon discount objectives.
The RFP requires the standalone vitality storage tasks to realize business operation by December 31, 2028. Initiatives should be situated in Michigan and interconnected to the Midcontinent Unbiased System Operator or distribution-level transmission. bidders ought to register their firm info on the PowerAdvocate web site and, as soon as registered, can attend a digital pre-RFP convention on March 25, 2025. Bids are due by June 27, 2025, and DTE expects to execute contracts by Q1 2026.
“With the expansion of DTE’s renewable vitality technology fleet, vitality storage amenities are crucial to Michigan’s clear vitality transformation,” stated Chuck Conlen, VP of Clear Vitality and Acquisitions at DTE Vitality. “DTE is proud to develop secure vitality storage to assist clear, dependable and reasonably priced vitality supply to our clients.”
DTE at present owns and operates three vitality storage amenities in Michigan, together with the Ludington Pumped Storage Plant, a hydroelectric plant and long-duration storage facility on the shores of Lake Michigan co-owned with Customers Vitality; and two battery storage amenities situated at photo voltaic vitality websites. Moreover, DTE’s 14-MW lithium-ion Slocum Battery Vitality Storage System in Trenton, Michigan is now commercially operational, and in 2024, DTE started building of its Trenton Channel Vitality Heart. When full in 2026, this 220-megawatt battery vitality storage middle on the web site of DTE’s retired Trenton Channel coal energy plant is anticipated to be the biggest standalone battery vitality storage undertaking within the Nice Lakes area.
By 2042, DTE plans to have 2,950 megawatts of vitality storage capability in its portfolio, greater than doubling the quantity the corporate has right now.
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