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    Army installs battery energy storage system to store renewable solar energy at Fort Detrick

    By Gabrielle Lewis glewis@newspost.com,

    1 day ago
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    Buy Now Ameresco recently completed installation of a battery, left, as part of a renewable energy system in Area B at Fort Detrick. Staff photo by Katina Zentz

    The U.S. Army, in partnership with a renewable energy and energy efficiency company, has finished installing a battery energy storage system at Fort Detrick that is integrated with an existing solar facility to stabilize renewable power at the base.

    The battery energy storage system (BESS), installed by the company Ameresco, has a capacity of six megawatts. The solar energy facility at the base, which Ameresco also installed, has a capacity of 18.6 megawatts, according to a news release.

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