Marcy -The New York Power Authority (NYPA) has successfully deployed a power boosting and management product that will enable ultra-fast electric vehicle (EV) charging in grid-constrained locations. ZOOZ Power, the winner of the Governor’s 2022 New York-Israel Smart Energy Innovation Challenge, collaborated with NYPA to develop the innovative charging product that incorporates energy storage and management technology to help advance the State’s ambitious clean energy agenda. ZOOZ leaders celebrated the energization of the project during Climate Week NYC in September when visiting the U.S. as part of an Israel delegation participating in clean energy discussions.
New York Power Authority President and CEO Justin E. Driscoll said, “Innovation is a priority for the Power Authority, and partnerships like the one with ZOOZ are integral to our work to decarbonize our economy and support transportation electrification in New York State. The new power booster developed through our partnership is a breakthrough that will lead to the installation of reliable, high speed electric vehicle chargers in locations that were previously unsuitable due to power grid constraints.”
ZOOZ’s kinetic power booster provides supplemental power to EV fast chargers to enable ultra-fast charging in locations where the grid is power-constrained. By storing electricity in the form of kinetic energy and utilizing special energy management capabilities, the firm’s groundbreaking flywheel technology provides a sustainable and safe power boosting solution. The ZOOZ power booster and accompanying ultra-fast EV charger was installed at one of the Power Authority’s fleet charging stations in Marcy in Oneida County. The demonstration will inform further buildout of the technology.
ZOOZ Power CEO Erez Zimerman said, “It is a great honor for ZOOZ and a tremendous opportunity to collaborate with NYPA and showcase the advantages of the ZOOZTER-100, leveraging our unique flywheel technology. The ZOOZTER-100, with its Energy Management System or EMS, is a reliable, eco-friendly power booster that enables the rapid deployment of ultra-fast, multi-ports charging stations, even in areas with limited power grid capacity, enabling customers to significantly boost their sales and profitability. Our collaboration with NYPA, the U.S.’s largest state public power organization, will grant us access to advanced power technologies and enable us to inform additional NYPA and other potential customers and partners about this innovative technology.”
Israel Economic Mission for North America Anat Katz said, “New York’s partnership with Israeli innovators highlights the powerful synergy between our two regions in advancing clean energy technology. Collaborations like this one with ZOOZ Power are a testament to the strength of the New York-Israel economic and technological relationship. Together, we are shaping a more sustainable future and creating solutions that can address critical energy challenges not only in New York, but across the globe.”
The 2022 New York-Israel Smart Energy Innovation Challenge was jointly organized by the Israel Smart Energy Association (ISEA) and NYPA. It called on new energy innovators based in Israel to develop a product that could help advance New York’s climate and clean energy goals. ZOOZ was awarded $1 million and granted the opportunity to work with NYPA on a product that would successfully integrate an EV fast charger—enhanced by the firm’s power booster—with a local power grid.
New York-Israel Energy Innovations
In early 2020, the Power Authority and ISEA issued the first NYPA-Israel Smart Energy Challenge to solicit start-up technologies from companies headquartered in Israel that support New York’s clean energy transition. The competition sought proposals from Israeli companies with expertise in energy efficiency and clean energy generation that wanted to work with New York’s public utility to scale up their technology in pilot demonstration projects to meet the specific needs of power utilities operations. Prisma Photonics, based in Tel-Aviv, won that competition and is currently working with NYPA on a real-time transmission line issue detection system that will help improve grid safety, security, and reliability.
In other partnerships, NYPA is collaborating with other Israeli firms mPrest, Brenmiller Energy, and SIGA OT in a wide variety of areas with an emphasis on physical and cyber security. mPrest, a leading provider of monitoring and control systems, assisted NYPA in developing a first-of-its-kind monitoring system to identify system issues before they occur at NYPA’s statewide network of power projects and transmission assets. Brenmiller Energy is coordinating with NYPA to test the use of thermal energy storage with combined heat and power systems to increase system energy efficiency on a State University of New York campus. SIGA OT provides sensors and analytics to improve confidence and enhance the reliability, safety and cybersecurity of the grid.
