At the public open house, which ran for five hours on Oct. 18 at the Waverley Legion, residents came in and got to have a look at information boards about its design and ask questions to officials from N.S. Power on hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The proposed grid-scale battery project is a transmission asset that would support the maintenance of a reliable grid with energy storage in the form of lithium-ion batteries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Grid-scale batteries are also able to provide quick response and can provide other grid services such as frequency and voltage support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”31″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”34″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Grid-scale battery projects, like the ones they are proposing, are an important part of N.S. Power\u2019s clean energy transition, Susan Smith Stakeholder Lead with N.S. Power said in a previous interview with The Laker News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThey play a crucial role in storing renewable energy when there is a surplus and releasing it to the grid when needed,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the open house, early on there was a good, steady stream of people curious about what it was all about coming in to the Waverley Legion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe\u2019re very pleased with the event today,\u201d said Smith on Oct. 18 at the Legion. \u201cWe have a lot of community members coming out and just interested in what this is all about .<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThey\u2019re asking us about what purpose they (grid-scale batteries) serve, how they get us to 20230 and our environmental goals and closing coal and reaching 80 per cent renewables.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”192″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”71″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n She said most folks were appreciative of the open house happening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSome folks were appreciative of the information being shared early,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/F8vYlRjXMAAgEhW-1024x768.jpg\")