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Does Dominion believe that solar and wind firmed by sufficient batteries cannot be used for blackstart capability? Reference: https://smartgrid.ieee.org/bulletins/april-2021/black-start-using-renewable-energy-resources
To quote the reference, “Renewable energy technologies cannot meet self-starting capability requirement on a large enough scale at present. Solar PV and battery storage are able to self-start, but they are limited by resource availability. During the hours of darkness, solar could not self‐start. Battery storage may shutdown with insufficient charge.”
Utilizing renewable resources with battery backup is not currently suitable as a blackstart resource, however the Company is actively evaluating emerging technologies to incorporate into future system restoration. The new technologies would have to be bid in and selected in PJM’s RTO-wide RFP for blackstart resources.