据能源全球3月6日消息称，Enel通过其美国可再生能源子公司Enel Green Power North America，已开始建设Azure Sky风能和存储项目，这是其在全球范围内首个将风力和电池储能整合在一起的大型混合动力项目。
通过一份100兆瓦的虚拟电力购买协议(VPPA)，Enel将向凯洛格公司出售Azure Sky风能项目每年交付给电网的部分电力（360吉瓦时），这相当于凯洛格北美制造设施使用电量的50%。这个350兆瓦的风电场位于美国德克萨斯州的斯洛克莫顿县，配合大约137兆瓦的电池存储，将是Enel在美国的第三个混合动力项目，该项目将可再生能源工厂与公用事业规模的电池存储相结合。
“作为我们第一个将风能和储能结合在一起的大型项目，以及我们全球最大的混合动力工厂，Enel Green Power首席执行官、Enel全球发电业务负责人Salvatore Bernabei表示：“Azure Sky证明了Enel继续致力于引领能源转型，向100%可再生能源电网转型的持续承诺。这种转变得到了商业客户的支持和加速，例如凯洛格公司，他们将可持续发展作为其业务的核心。”
根据VPPA的条款，凯洛格将每年从Enel购买约360吉瓦时的电力，为这家领先的植物性食品公司实现50%以上的可再生能源和50%的全球美好日目标做出贡献，将其Scope 1和Scope 2的温室气体排放减少65%。凯洛格购买的可再生电力相当于北美每年4.3万个家庭的用电量，据估计，它将避免超过25万吨的二氧化碳排放，相当于美国33万英亩森林每年吸收的碳量，比美国科罗拉多州的落基山国家公园还要大。
Azure Sky项目的79台风力涡轮机预计将产生超过1300吉瓦时的年发电量，这些电量将被输送到电网并为位于同一设施中的电池充电。Azure Sky项目预计每年产生的电力相当于避免向大气中排放超过84.2万吨/年的二氧化碳。电池存储系统将能够存储风力涡轮机产生的电力，同时也提供服务，提高电网的灵活性。
朱佳妮 摘译自 能源全球
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Enel constructs hybrid renewable energy project in Texas
Enel, through its US renewable subsidiary, Enel Green Power North America, has started construction of Azure Sky wind and storage, its first large-scale hybrid project globally to integrate wind and battery storage at one site.
Through a 100 MW virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA), Enel will sell to Kellogg Company a 360 GWh portion of the electricity delivered to the grid annually from the Azure Sky wind project, which is equal to 50% of the volume of electricity used across Kellogg’s North American manufacturing facilities. Located in Throckmorton County, Texas, US, the 350 MW wind farm, paired with approximately 137 MW of battery storage, will be Enel’s third hybrid project in the US that integrates a renewable energy plant with utility-scale battery storage.
“As our first large-scale project to pair wind and storage, and our largest hybrid plant globally, Azure Sky demonstrates Enel’s continued commitment to leading the energy transition towards a 100% renewable powered electric grid,” said Salvatore Bernabei, Chief Executive Officer of Enel Green Power and Head of Enel’s Global Power Generation business line. “This transition is supported and accelerated by commercial customers, such as Kellogg Company, who are placing sustainability at the core of their business.”
Under the terms of the VPPA, Kellogg will purchase approximately 360 GWh/yr of electricity from Enel, contributing to the leading plant-based food company’s collective efforts to achieve over 50% renewable energy and reach 50% of its global Better Days goal to reduce its Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 65%. Kellogg’s renewable electricity purchase is the equivalent amount of electricity it takes power more than 43 000 homes each year in North America and is estimated to avoid over 250 000 tpy of CO2 emissions, equivalent to the amount of carbon sequestered by 330 000 acres of US forest each year, which is larger than Rocky Mountain National Park, located in Colorado, US.
The 79 wind turbines at the Azure Sky project are expected to generate over 1300 GWh/yr, which will be delivered to the grid and will charge the battery located in the same facility. The expected annual electricity generated by the Azure Sky project is equivalent to avoiding the emission of over 842 000 tpy of CO2 into the atmosphere. The battery storage system will be capable of storing the power generated by the wind turbines, while also providing services to enhance grid flexibility.
