Clean, Quiet and Rechargeable: Eversource Tests New Mobile Batteries for Back-up Emergency Power
Mar 15, 2024
As part of Eversource’s commitment to advancing clean technologies and exploring innovative ways to help the commonwealth achieve its decarbonization goals, the company is testing a Mobile Battery Energy Storage System (MBESS) as a zero-carbon back-up power source. As part of its MBESS pilot program, the energy company now has two mobile batteries that it is strategically deploying across its Massachusetts service territory, including in environmental justice communities, to provide power to customers while its crews make upgrades or repairs to the electric system that would otherwise require a power outage. Eversource is also charging one of the batteries using a solar array at its Springfield Area Work Center, further enhancing the clean energy applications of the technology.