16 April 2014
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Hydro-Québec and Sony Corporation (“Sony”)
today announced that
they have agreed to establish a joint venture
to research and develop
a large-scale energy storage system
for power grids.
Sony and Hydro-Québec
plan to establish the new company in June, 2014.
Forecasts indicate that
demand for large-scale energy storage systems
will increase in the future,
to meet high level demand for
electric power during peak times,
stabilize fluctuations in electricity generated
by renewable energy sources
such as solar and wind power
that are gaining traction, and
secure a stable power supply
in case of outages or disasters.
Furthermore, the energy storage system
for such power supplies must be highly
safe and reliable due to the need for
an efficient and stable source of high capacity power.
The new company will utilize
Hydro-Québec’s operation and
control technologies for electric power supplies
as well as its lithium-ion battery material technology,
together with Sony’s control technologies for
highly safe, reliable, olivine-type
lithium-ion iron phosphate rechargeable batteries
and highly scalable module systems.
By combining these strengths,
the new company intends to research and develop
a highly safe and reliable system for large-scale applications,
as well as battery material technology suitable
for use within electric power systems,
and explore their use in a wide variety of applications,
such as meeting excess demand
during peak times at electric power substations,
and integrating renewable energy sources
into power grids.
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