ENGIE North America has efficiently commissioned the 100-MWh Solar Valley Battery Storage undertaking in Hill County, Texas. The vitality storage facility is co-located with the 250-MW Solar Valley Photo voltaic undertaking that was commissioned final yr.
The Solar Valley Battery Storage undertaking will present reliability and ancillary companies to fulfill ERCOT’s rising demand for electrical energy. The storage system can dispatch electrical energy into the grid when wanted, together with the power to fulfill peak hour electrical wants of some 10,000 common houses. The system will be charged each from the co-located photo voltaic facility in addition to from the broader grid, when acceptable.
“ENGIE is already working or establishing greater than 7 GW of renewable technology throughout North America and storage tasks like Solar Valley present complementary companies to help better penetration of renewables onto the grid,” mentioned Dave Carroll, chief renewables officer of ENGIE North America. “Co-located tasks like this, alongside a number one portfolio of stand-alone amenities similar to these lately acquired from Broad Attain Energy imply ENGIE is ready to help each the rising demand for renewables and allow better reliability and resilience on the nation’s energy grids.”
The Solar Valley Storage undertaking contains 308 battery cupboards.
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