United Power to build Colorado’s largest battery-storage system

BRIGHTON — United Power, a Touchstone Energy cooperative, has announced plans to build its first commercial-scale energy-storage project.

The facility will be located in Firestone and be developed in collaboration with Chicago-based SoCore Energy, it said in a prepared statement.

At 4 megawatts/16 megawatt-hours, the battery-storage system will be the largest in the state.

Construction on the system is expected to begin in the first half of 2018.   

“As one of the fastest growing co-ops in Colorado, United Power wants to stay ahead of the curve when it comes to integrating new technology…