SK Innovation E&S Launches Largest ESS Facility in New York

Published: Apr 1, 2026 17:45

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SK Innovation E&S has completed and begun operations of the largest energy storage system (ESS) facility in New York State.
According to industry sources on the 31st, its subsidiary KCE launched the KCE NY 6 battery storage facility located on Electric Avenue in Blasdell, Erie County. The project, with a capacity of 20MW (45.6MWh), is the largest single ESS site constructed in New York at the time of its commissioning and is directly connected to the local power grid.

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