ELM MicroGrid installs battery storage system at Peoria, Illinois solar microgrid project
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Summary
ELM MicroGrid, a battery energy storage specialist with over two decades of experience, is installing a new battery energy storage system at the Peoria Solar Energy Center in Peoria, IL. The 2.5-megawatt solar microgrid project, which broke ground last year, will use ELM's batteries to generate and manage enough electricity to power more than 400 homes and businesses, providing economic benefits to the region.
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· 3 pulledELM MicroGrid has spent more than two decades building a nationwide energy storage and utility infrastructure businesses.
Now, the company is bringing that expertise home with the installation of a new battery energy storage system at a solar microgrid project in Peoria, IL.
The ELM MicroGrid batteries will help the new Peoria microgrid project produce and manage enough electricity to power more than 400 homes and businesses, provide an economic boost to the region.
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