Jupiter Power is proposing to build and operate a project called Woods Landing Energy Storage (Woods Landing) in Sayreville, New Jersey. Woods Landing is a 250-megawatt utility-scale battery energy storage project that will connect to the existing Raritan River substation off River Road on the site of a retired coal-fired power plant. The facility aims to improve the reliability, stability, and resiliency of the regional power grid.
Project Location
Woods Landing Energy Storage will be located at the end of River Road, north of Sayreville Blvd, in Sayreville and will replace the existing defunct coal-fired power plant. All existing building structures will be removed, and the site is undergoing extensive clean-up and remediation as part of development. The project will connect to the electrical grid via a short-generation tie-line to the Raritan River substation to the north
Why battery storage?
- Customer Demand:
Homes and businesses need reliable energy at all times. Morning and evening hours are typically when the largest amount of energy is needed from the grid to serve customers. During these times, batteries provide energy to meet the high demand. - Maintain stability:
Supply and demand of energy fluctuate throughout the day and changes in either can affect grid stability. Batteries help even out the fluctuation of energy on the grid. - Power on demand:
Batteries can deploy energy instantaneously in times of need. - Supporting Renewable Energy Sources:
Wind and solar energy sources generate when available, but they are not always available. Batteries help make a grid based on these resources reliable by storing the energy when it is available and saving it until it is needed.
Photo above: array of batter storage containers at one of Jupiter Power’s projects in Texas.
Photo above: jupiter power storage site facility in west texas.
Community Benefits
Woods Landing Energy Storage will benefit residents and businesses by improving the environment and supporting both the power grid and the local economy. Major benefits include:
- Improved reliability, efficiency, and resiliency of the regional power grid without an increase in electricity bills.
- Increased integration of existing and future renewable resources like solar and offshore wind projects across New Jersey and New England.
- Benefits of a major financial investment in the project with the potential for significant, predictable local government revenue.
- Minimal long-term traffic impacts once operational, as the project is remotely operated.
- Creation of local construction jobs and the potential for a handful of permanent maintenance jobs.
- Project site is a former coal-fired power plant in an industrial area with extensive site clean-up planned, mitigating long-existing pollutants from the historic operations of the site.
Project Status
We are preparing local applications with the Sayreville Redevelopment Authority and Planning Board. We will also pursue permits through the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection through 2025. Environmental remediation and demolition have already begun to clean up the site, while construction of the new facility would take several years; current plans for the project are to start construction by 2027
The project has executed a generator interconnection agreement with Jersey Central Power & Light that allows the project to connect to the regional electric system once it is permitted and constructed.
Further updates to project schedules will be posted on this website.
The project has executed a generator interconnection agreement with Jersey Central Power & Light that allows the project to connect to the regional electric system once it is permitted and constructed.
Further updates to project schedules will be posted on this website.
Photo above: construction personnel finalize commissioning at a Jupiter battery site.