N.B. Power’s latest resource plan is calling for 500 megawatts of battery storage as well as new nuclear generation alongside Point Lepreau by 2040, although it doesn’t specify whether the utility is looking for small modular reactors or conventional nuclear systems.
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Brad Coady, N.B. Power’s chief commercial officer, said the utility is “in the final throes” of reviewing its latest call for battery storage project proposals. (CBC)
N.B. Power’s latest plan is calling for large-scale battery storage in the province by 2035.
The utility released a new integrated resource plan on Monday, replacing a 2023 version of the plan that was criticized as out-of-date during hearings on the proposed 500-megawatt Tantramar gas plant earlier this year.
The plan is N.B. Power’s roadmap for making sure it can meet energy demand over the coming decades.
It calls for 500 megawatts of battery storage in the province in the next decade and also for an extension of life for the Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station that would take it beyond its estimated expiry date in 2045.
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