Enel Green Power completes utility-scale solar + storage project in Texas
- Enel Green Power North America has actually completed the 181-MW Lily solar + storage project located in Kaufman County, Texas. Lily is the company's initial project in North America that integrates a solar plant with utility-scale battery storage.
The project consists of 55 MWdc of battery storage space, part of Enel's setup of around 600 MW of brand-new storage space capacity on the Texas power grid by 2022.
" This landmark signals a new age for our business as we begin supplying on our major commitment to grid-scale battery storage space in the United States. By combining renewable energy with storage space technology, we are sustaining a cleaner and more flexible grid," said Paolo Romanacci, head of Enel Green Power in the United States and Canada. "We prepare to answer the call of policymakers and business leaders to speed up the energy transition in North America. Because of this, we are devoting even more investment than ever before to accomplish faster development targets."
Found southeast of Dallas, the Lily solar + storage space project is composed of 421,400 PV bifacial panels that are expected to produce over 367 GWh annually, which will certainly be provided to the grid and will certainly charge the co-located battery. The battery storage space system can send off electricity when solar energy generation is reduced, while likewise supplying the grid accessibility to a clean supply of electricity during durations of high need.
The Lily solar project was started and created by Red River Renewable Energy, a joint venture amongst affiliates of Sun Chase Power and MAP Energy.
