NRG, Ice Energy Partner on Southern California Thermal Energy Storage Project
1,800 Ice Bear ice energy storage units to reduce power consumption during peak periods
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — NRG Energy Inc. and Ice Energy, a provider of distributed thermal energy storage systems, have partnered to help reduce California’s peak energy demand through an energy storage peak load management solution.
NRG and Ice Energy have contracted to provide 25.6 megawatts of behind-the-meter energy storage using Ice Energy’s proprietary Ice Bear technology for Southern California Edison (SCE). Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.