RWE Supercharges U.S. Battery Storage Platform With 3 New Initiatives Totaling 190 MW & 770 MW Below Building

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• 14 GW of BESS initiatives in RWE’s U.S. renewables improvement pipeline 
• Globally, RWE’s battery storage capability now stands at about 700 MW, with greater than 1 GW of battery storage initiatives underneath development

Austin, Texas — RWE continues to ship on its Rising Inexperienced Technique, additional increasing its inexperienced power portfolio within the U.S. with the latest completion of three new battery power storage methods (BESS) totaling 190 MW (361 MWh), and 770 MW (2280 MWh) BESS underneath development. The three new BESS — Vibrant Arrow, Massive Star and Mesquite 4 — deliver RWE’s whole U.S. battery storage capability to about 512 MW (1370 MWh). Moreover, at 14 GW, BESS includes greater than a 3rd of RWE’s 36 GW onshore wind, photo voltaic and battery storage improvement pipeline within the U.S. Globally, RWE’s battery storage capability now totals about 700 MW, with greater than 1 GW of battery storage initiatives underneath development.

“Battery storage is rising much more crucial to allow the fast deployment of wind and photo voltaic initiatives, assist stabilize the U.S. energy grid and higher be sure that sufficient electrical provide is on the market to satisfy demand,” stated Andrew Flanagan, CEO of RWE Clear Power. “As a part of our Rising Inexperienced Technique, we’re planning to extend our battery portfolio globally to six gigawatts by 2030, and these three new methods are contributing to that aim.”

Battery power storage methods provide versatile and inexpensive electrical energy when it’s wanted most, making them a great accomplice for renewables. The three new BESS are paired with photo voltaic, permitting them to retailer extra electrical energy that’s generated and ship it again to the grid at a later time. They embrace:

• Vibrant Arrow: 100 MW (200 MWh) battery storage with 300 MWac photo voltaic PV venture in Sulphur Springs, Texas. The venture got here on-line in December, with an extra 200 MWac of photo voltaic scheduled to realize industrial operation in spring 2024. The BESS will take part within the ERCOT market and the photo voltaic PV electrical energy output can be offered to an affiliate of NRG Power, Inc.
• Massive Star: 80 MW (120 MWh) battery storage and 200 MWac photo voltaic PV venture in Bastrop County, Texas. Massive Star is finishing testing and is scheduled to realize industrial operation in March 2024. The BESS will take part within the ERCOT market and the photo voltaic PV electrical energy output can be offered to a 3rd get together.
• Mesquite 4: 10 MW (40 MWh) battery storage and 52.5 MWac photo voltaic venture in Maricopa County, Arizona, which is anticipated to come back on-line later this month. The addition of Mesquite 4 brings the whole working capability of the Mesquite Complicated to roughly 530 MWac. The photo voltaic PV electrical energy output and BESS providers can be offered to Modesto Irrigation District (MID).

RWE has leveraged its in-house strong technical battery power storage expertise and venture design, modeling and system integration capabilities to make sure the operation of secure, high-performing and dependable property. Moreover, the corporate markets its power storage property by its proprietary dispatch and optimization algorithms to extract most market worth from its battery and renewable asset portfolio.

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As a driver of the power transition, RWE develops, builds and operates battery storage methods in Europe, Australia and the U.S. RWE is planning to increase its battery storage enterprise to six GW worldwide by 2030.

At first of 2023, RWE commissioned a battery system in Lingen and Werne with a capability of 117 MW. In March, the corporate acquired UK photo voltaic and battery builders JBM Photo voltaic with a sophisticated battery venture improvement pipeline of two.3 GW. RWE is planning, constructing and working progressive mixed photo voltaic and storage vegetation in its German opencast mining websites. As well as, the corporate has gained the bid for a long-duration battery storage system (50 MW / 400 MWh) in Australia. Within the U.S., the corporate related its first utility-scale battery storage system to the California electrical grid in 2023. The 137 MWac (548 MWh) put in capability BESS — the corporate’s largest storage facility in operation thus far — is collocated with a 150 MWac photo voltaic PV array on the Fifth Normal complicated in Fresno County, California.

For extra info, go to americas.rwe.com.

Courtesy of RWE.