Vistra Energy completes construction of 10 MW energy storage project in US
Luminant, a subsidiary of Vistra Energy, has announced that its Upton 2 battery energy storage system project has finished construction and began operating on Dec. 31, 2018.
The battery system is located on the site of Luminant's 180 megawatt Upton 2 Solar Power Plant in Upton County, Texas.
The 10 MW/42 MWh lithium-ion energy storage system captures excess solar energy produced at Upton 2 during the day and can release the power in late afternoon and early evening, when energy demand in ERCOT is highest. The battery system can also take advantage of low-priced grid power — during times of high wind output, for example — to charge the batteries to be available for higher demand periods.
The 180 MW solar park is powered by 718,000 panels.
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