The Nevada Advanced Rail Gravitational Energy Storage System is a 50,000kW energy storage project located in Pahrump, Nevada, US.
The electro-mechanical energy storage project uses gravitational storage as its storage technology. The project was announced in 2016.
Description
The Nevada Advanced Rail Gravitational Energy Storage System is being developed by ARES North America. The project is owned by ARES North America (100%).
The key applications of the project are electric supply reserve capacity – spinning, frequency regulation, load following (tertiary balancing) and voltage support.
Contractors involved
ARES North America is the owner. ARES North America is the developer.
Methodology
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