ZBB Energy Corp. has shipped an energy storage system to the U.S. Navy, an order valued at more than $1 million.
The company said Tuesday the energy storage system, or EnerSystem, will be used in an island microgrid that will combine battery power with renewable energy and diesel generators.
The system, including a power and energy control system as well as 20 of ZBB's zinc bromide flow batteries, will be installed at the San Nicolas Island Naval Facility in the Catalina Islands off the coast of Los Angeles.
During the next two years, ZBB said, the EnerSystem will be tested to see how the system performs in delivering power from a combination of sources, including wind turbines and diesel generators.
The Navy is considering deployment in other island settings such as Guantanamo Bay and Diego Garcia, Roger Natsuhara of the Navy said in a statement this fall.
"Several facilities around the globe have the capacity to generate large amounts of renewable energy, but don't necessarily use it efficiently," he said. "Without options for storing generated energy, much of it goes to waste."
The contract, first announced last year, represents one-fifth of the ZBB's sales in the fiscal year that ended June 30.
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