Apex to develop Texas storage space duo
- Angelo and also Great Kiskadee batteries will certainly use Powin technology as well as will certainly start operations in 2023/2024
Apex Clean Energy is to build 2 100MW energy storage projects in Texas, making use of innovation from Powin.
The Angelo as well as Great Kiskadee storage projects are expected to start industrial operations in late 2023 and 2024.
Apex, which established the projects, will certainly build, possess and also operate them, including Powin's modern technology, including its battery administration system.
The Angelo storage project, co-located with the 195MW Angelo solar farm, as well as the Great Kiskadee storage space project will each have a two-hour battery period.
The battery systems will certainly make use of Powin's StackOS platform to give energy arbitrage and also supplementary grid solutions to the ERCOT market, to keep grid dependability.
The storage space systems will take in excess solar or wind generation when need is low and also discharge when energy use is high, ensuring adequate power supply while allowing the grid to run extra successfully and also flexibly.
" As Texas experiences much more extreme climate condition in both summer and also cold weather, there's a growing requirement for cleaner as well as extra trustworthy energy," claimed Geoff Brown, CEO of Powin.
" With exposure as well as control to the battery cell level, our platform can reply to changing grid conditions in real-time. As these new storage space projects are released, ERCOT consumers in the region will have the assurance of a climate-resilient grid backed by Powin's innovation."
Apex CEO Mark Goodwin added: "Texas currently leads the nation in operating wind and solar capacity; including battery storage will certainly sustain ERCOT with grid reliability, urging added eco-friendly development in the Lone Star State.
" Battery storage space is an important component of our nation's energy transition, and Apex is spending as necessary, with 11.6 GW of utility-scale storage in our growth portfolio-- gigawatts of clean energy capacity that is just understood along with skilled partners like Powin."
With each other, the projects will generate greater than $24.4 million in tax obligation income and also around 100 jobs throughout building.