The MESA Standards Alliance (MESA, Modular Energy Storage Architecture) and the SunSpec Alliance have jointly released the first open, non-proprietary energy storage system specification for public review. The draft specification, referred to as SunSpec Energy Storage Model Specification, incorporated in MESA specifications as a “MESA-Device,” was developed through a joint effort and proposes standards for how the different components of an energy storage system (power meters, power conversion systems, and batteries) communicate with one another.
Nine organizations have joined together to form the MESA Standards Alliances’ first Board of Directors. These founding members, representing leading OEMs and utilities working on energy storage, will guide the organization’s development and strategy. They include: 1Energy Systems Inc., Alstom Grid, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Parker Hannifin Corporation, Puget Sound Energy, Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Seattle City Light, Snohomish Public Utility District, and UniEnergy Technologies, Inc.
“As utilities upgrade their operations to effectively manage and integrate the next generation of distributed assets, standards like SunSpec and MESA, will be essential to successfully achieving the smart-grid vision,” said Craig Collar, Assistant General Manager of the Snohomish County Public Utility District and MESA Board Chair.
A Technical Storage Working Group met weekly over the past nine months to draft the specification. The Working Group included input from a variety of industry participants and built upon SunSpec’s prior work on power meters and power conversion systems and then added battery models to that base.
“By using SunSpec’s protocols as the foundation, the Technical Workgroup’s efforts were greatly accelerated,” said Tom Tansy, Chairman of the SunSpec Alliance. “SunSpec is proud to release the SunSpec Energy Storage Model adopted by MESA—it is a major energy storage industry innovation.”
The draft specification can be found at www.mesastandards.org and www.sunspec.org. The Technical Work Group will be accepting public input through the end of 2014.
The MESA Standards Alliance is an industry group whose mission is to accelerate the growth of the energy storage industry through the development of an open, non-proprietary set of specifications and standards for energy storage systems. MESA’s component-based approach to energy storage gives electric utilities more choice, and allows battery, power converter, and software manufacturers to reach more customers and reduce costs.
Source: http://www.powerpulse.net/story.php?storyID=30875
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