You are quite right; IDEA Contrôle worked on a new plant project that initially required a power capacity of over five megawatts. The project developer therefore had to automatically respond to a government call for bids in order to be granted this power capacity.
Often, the utility limits us to the substation. It is therefore important to control the power at this substation.
Today, we are in the process of building the plant, which has energy storage that limits power demand to less than five megawatts. The power initially requested was, however, greater than this amount of energy. We therefore shortened the construction timeline for this plant by providing it with the power capacity it needed within six months. Otherwise, it would have had to wait two years before receiving authorization to acquire the Hydro-Québec power block.
Off grid, energy storage effectively stabilizes stand-alone grids through better generator management. Fuel oil consumption for a generator in an isolated grid in the north can be reduced by 20% to 25% simply by implementing a strategy to optimize the generator's production capacity. Therefore, if diesel consumption decreases by 20% to 25%, this reduces the frequency of transport by 25 times, among other benefits. The logistics required to transport this energy to the north are also reduced.
Batteries are a very good complement to all technologies, even those Mr. Calzado mentioned in the wind and solar energy sectors. For solar energy, we must not forget that, due to clouds, the weather is not always sunny. Of all the renewable energy sources that provide stability, batteries come out on top, both for the power grid and in the industrial sector.