The City of Halstead will enter into a lease-purchase agreement with a Boston company with plans to build a lithium-ion battery storage facility at Halstead’s industrial park. The facility could be online as early as 2027, according to the press release by Concurrent LLC, the Harvey County EDC, and the City of Halstead that was issued Oct. 16. The facility would consist, in part, of lithium-Ion batteries connected into Evergy’s transmission system, according to the release. The electric grid would be able to draw on the stored energy in the batteries when demand is high and store energy when demand is low. It’s aimed at improving the reliability of the Southwest Power Pool’s electrical grid. … Halstead City Manager Ethan Reimer stated in the release that the city was excited to enter into a lease-purchase option agreement with Concurrent for land in the Halstead Industrial Park. “This agreement allows for both the city and the developer to thoroughly investigate and determine whether the proposed future Tallgrass Prairie Energy Center is best suited to be located in our industrial park while providing an immediate economic benefit to our city,” he said.
Source: Harvey County Now
