Sumitomo Electric to Supply Energy Storage System for Hokkaido
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Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd., a Japanese maker of electric wire, cables and electric monitoring systems, will supply a large-size storage battery system to stabilize the flow of wind and solar power on the northern island of Hokkaido.
The battery system will be set up at Hokkaido Electric Power Co.’s Minami Hayakita substation in the town of Abira and will have 60-megawatt hours of storage capacity, Sumitomo and the utility said in a statement today.