The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has completed its formal environmental review of Tyngsboro, Mass.-based Beacon Power Corp.'s proposed 20 MW frequency regulation plant in Stephentown, N.Y., and issued a finding of no significant impact (FONSI). In its determination, the DOE said that the plant "will not have a significant effect on the human environment."
This FONSI determination means that the company's application will not be delayed by a time-consuming environmental impact statement that is sometimes mandated for projects being reviewed.
Beacon's proposed plant would provide frequency-regulation services by absorbing energy when it is abundant, storing it in a flywheel energy storage system and injecting it back as necessary to help the grid maintain electricity frequency within a desired range.
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