Ohio Municipal Utility Gets Serious about Solar and Energy Storage

A 7-MW solar plus energy storage system is now online in Minster, Ohio, the same town in which Dannon the yogurt company has a manufacturing plant.

The 7-MW system was built in conjunction with Half Moon Ventures (HMV) and the local municipal utility, the Village of Minster. A ribbon cutting ceremony took place on May 6.   

 HMV used S&C’s 7-MW PureWave SMS Storage Management System, which provided an integrated storage management and power conversion system for 3 MWh of lithium ion-batteries. The system is tied to HMV’s adjacent 4.2-MW solar plant, allowing Minster to further reduce its peak demand charges in the middle of the day. This solar + storage system is the largest U.S. facility of its kind connected through a municipal utility, according to S&C.