[Korea ohahreum financial newspaper reporter] LG Electronics has recently acquired the necessary UL safety standard certification in the United States develop an energy storage device (ESS) market for, quickly went to the US market that is growing.
LG Electronics has won a one-megawatt (MW) class power conversion for large ESS system (PCS) 'UL1741' certified products. Megawatt ESS is a mass product which is mainly used for power generation.
PCS is the core components of the ESS with the battery. Serves to convert the stored power into a direct current (DC) on the battery into an alternating current (AC) or export, or change the power grid alternating current into direct current of a stable connection with the ESS and the power grid, such as stored in the battery to the power network.
'UL1741' certification test whether meet stringent safety requirements for a total of 15 different items, such as maximum voltage, temperature, saturation, withstand voltage, input / output power characteristics, overloading driving-related PCS US safety standards.
US operators to develop the required safety standards and certifications required to be submitted to the ESS supply business.
The United States is the world's largest market for ESS to develop rapidly. US renewable energy research group GTM Research forecasts that the market for ESS for rapid development in the United States 445 million US dollars this year to 1.28 billion US dollars in 2021.
In the United States the electricity market fixed power supply is unstable due to aging and a high-capacity transmission network ESS increasing demand to improve the power quality, a frequency adjustment for preventing a large power loss and maintaining a constant amount of power flowing through the power grid.
Actual February, more than 100,000 people in the storm that struck southern California had also suffered a power failure. While changing the frequency of the power grid to reduce the amount of power generation facilities, some downtime will bring up a massive power outage.
US federal and state governments are also promoting the construction of ESS development policy to respond to operators such as expanding renewable energy and smart grid adoption. If the State of California, to develop three operators 5 percent (%) of the total power generation capacity by 2020 has created and implemented a law mandating that fed through the ESS.
LG Electronics as well as 'UL1741' safety standard certification, has passed the standards of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers essential international (IEEE) PCS relevant standard (IEEE1547) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of the connection to the power grid and ESS.
LG Electronics has played a variety of ESS business for its domestic power frequency Cho Jeongyong ESS Korea from building to building for ESS wind ∙ renewable energy such as solar-linked ESS build peak (Peak) power reduction of the building.
LG Electronics plans based on this UL and domestic business experience ESS ESS enter the US market. First, the main business opportunities in the ESS business opportunities for the development of many Guam and Hawaii, California and goes to expand it to the United States is a strategy.
LG Electronics energy field business center Lee Sangbong said "The UL certification, LG Electronics ESS largest market would be a flare to accelerate the US expansion," said "based on business experience and expertise recognized in the country in the global markets, including the United States, we will do our best to become the leader ESS, "he said.
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