GREEN BAY – A Danish company wants to build a $300 million utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) in an industrial area on Green Bay’s east side.
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) on Monday received initial city approval for a plan to build a 200-megawatt (MW), lithium ion battery storage system on an 8.1-acre portion of the 20-acre property at 2020 N. Quincy St. The property is owned by U.S. Venture Inc. and is located just north of Interstate 43 near several paper mills and NEW Water ‘s sewage treatment plant.
While some companies or homes may have battery backup storage, Tern Energy would be the first utility-scale project in Green Bay and one of only a handful of storage systems in Wisconsin not developed in connection with a new solar or wind farm.
Tern Energy Storage LLC, a CIP subsidiary, would own and operate the BESS. Nebraska-based Tenaska would build the system. CIP has more than $20 billion in assets under its control and has developed renewable energy and infrastructure projects in more than 30 countries on six continents, according to its website.