# Greensmith Energy storage technology selected to deliver reliable solar power in Massachusetts

- Link: https://greenlivingguy.com/2018/02/greensmith-energy-storage-technology-selected-to-deliver-reliable-solar-power-in-massachusetts/
- Published: 2018-02-21T01:43:16-05:00
- Author: greenlivingguy

Wärtsilä Corporation, Press release, 13 February 2018 at 3.00 p.m. EET

[Greensmith Energy](https://greenlivingguy.com/2014/01/greensmith-energy-management-systems-announces-new-line-of-energy-storage-software-and-integration-services/),
a part of the Wärtsilä technology group, was selected by Origis Energy USA to provide
advanced energy storage integrated with solar photovoltaic (PV) in Sterling, Massachusetts,
USA. The resultant hybrid system will allow the PV installation to better handle
peak loads and provide secure, reliable electricity supply to the Municipality and
State.

Greensmith Energy will deliver the 1 MW / 2 MWh energy storage system using LG Chem
batteries and Sungrow inverters to Origis Energy, a leading US-based provider of
solar energy and storage solutions, with over 1 gigawatt of developed solar capacity.
The order was booked in the fourth quarter of 2017.

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“Energy storage is the integrative component to deployable community solar plus 
storage projects like the system we are installing for the Sterling Municipal Light
Department,” said Josh Teigiser, Director of Development & Energy Storage, Origis
Energy. “Greensmith is an acknowledged leader in this field and we are pleased to
partner with them on this project.”

“We are delighted to partner with Origis Energy as Massachusetts and the entire 
region embarks on a strategy to maximize renewable resources, integrated with our
advanced energy storage technology and software,” said John G. Jung, CEO of Greensmith.“
Milestone installations like the Sterling Community Solar + Energy Storage project
will serve as benchmark technology for the region, and is made possible through 
the development knowledge and expertise of the Origis Energy team.”

Greensmith will deliver the turnkey solution and project on a fast-track basis, 
having proven its ability to meet demanding delivery schedules globally through 
over 70 successful system deployments.  The system is expected to be fully operational
by the end of March 2018. The company will also provide energy storage operation
and maintenance services under a 10-year agreement.

Greensmith Energy, a [Wärtsilä](https://greenlivingguy.com/2018/01/wartsila-hytug-tugboat-going-hybrid-electric-can-meet-new-stringent-environmental-demands-of-brazilian-port/)
Company, is a leading provider of energy storage technology and integration – having
delivered 11 grid-scale system projects globally in 2017. Now in its fifth generation,
Greensmith’s GEMS software platform offers the widest range of energy storage applications
for optimizing energy storage, often integrated with a growing variety of renewable
and fossil generation assets.

**Sources**: Greensmith Energy, a Wärtsilä Company, [www.greensmithenergy.com](https://web.archive.org/web/20180626091557/http://www.greensmithenergy.com/),
Wärtsilä Energy Solutions in brief, [https://www.smartpowergeneration.com/](https://www.wartsila.com/energy),
Wärtsilä in brief
 [https://www.wartsila.com/](https://www.wartsila.com/)

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