QE Solar recently announced it is successfully providing maintenance services for the Kapolei Energy Storage project, which is developed and owned by Plus Power.
The KES facility, located on Oahu, Hawaii, is the most advanced grid-scale battery energy storage system, or “BESS,” in the world, helping transition the state’s electric power from coal and oil to solar and wind.
Springfield-based QE Solar serves the KES project out of its North American Electric Reliability Corp.-compliant remote operations center located in Springfield and maintains on-the-ground personnel on the island of Oahu to support high project availability.
“As the leading third-party operator of BESS projects and one of the largest (operation & maintenance) providers in the United States, supporting both utility scale and (commercial & industrial) projects, we are extremely excited to be serving this critically important grid infrastructure project.” Ken Heissler, CEO of QE Solar, said. “The KES project provides among the highest level of battery-to-grid capacity percentage in the world, and we are very proud that Plus Power entrusted our utility operations team and NERC-compliant remote operations center for maintenance services on this groundbreaking project.”
“We have consistently demonstrated our team’s diverse operating capabilities and in-depth knowledge when it comes to operating BESS and hybrid (photovoltaic) and BESS projects. We are extremely proud of our team for their continued commitment to excellence and integrating years of experience in BESS and PV to address the unique opportunities and challenges with successfully operating these next generation energy projects,” Ryan McCauley, vice president, business development, of QE Solar, said.
