Traditional Lead-Acid (TLA) Batteries

Technology Description

Lead-acid batteries are the oldest and most mature battery technology currently in use. Lead-acid batteries are an inexpensive and popular storage choice for power quality, UPS, and some spinning reserve applications. Their use for energy management, however, has been limited by their short cycle life. Lead-acid batteries, nevertheless, have been used in a few commercial and large-scale energy management applications. The largest one is a 10-MW/40-MWh system in Chino, California, built in 1988.

April 2010

Current Developers/Suppliers

Crown Battery
Delco
East Penn
GNB Industrial Power/Exide
Optima BatteriesTeledyne
JCI Battery Group
Trojan
Winston Salem