Urban Electric Power and Pine Gate Renewables sign zinc alkaline battery deal

US renewables firm will use batteries across its solar-coupled and standalone energy storage projects.

Urban Electric Power is to supply an initial 4,550MWh of its rechargeable zinc alkaline batteries over the next five years to Pine Gate Renewables.

The US firms have signed a Memorandum of Understanding which will see Pine Gate Renewables use the batteries across its pipeline of solar-coupled and standalone energy storage projects across the US.   

Pine Gate has over 1GW of operating solar assets in the country with over 16GW in active development, including hybrid, standalone solar, and standalone energy storage projects across the country. This agreement allows Pine Gate access to Urban Electric Power batteries each year.

'As we phase out fossil fuels and add distributed renewables, demand will only grow for replacing old battery technology with cost-effective energy storage that is safer, longer-lasting, and more environmentally friendly,' explains Ann Marie Augustus, Urban Electric Power’s Vice President of Operations. 'We offer non-toxic, utility-scale battery energy storage with no thermal runaway fire risk, at a cost and environmental footprint less than standard lithium-ion or lead batteries.'