{"id":1004289926,"date":"2019-01-07T14:14:29","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T22:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004289926"},"modified":"2022-12-09T01:03:34","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T09:03:34","slug":"texas-largest-energy-storage-system-begins-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/texas-largest-energy-storage-system-begins-operation\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas\u2019 Largest Energy Storage System Begins Operation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Anca Gagiuc<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/01\/photovoltaic-2814504_1920.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1004289932\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/texas-largest-energy-storage-system-begins-operation\/photovoltaic-2814504_1920-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/01\/photovoltaic-2814504_1920.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,620\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;7.1&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 6D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1443448183&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;32&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"photovoltaic-2814504_1920\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/01\/photovoltaic-2814504_1920.jpg?w=800\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1004289932 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/01\/photovoltaic-2814504_1920.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/01\/photovoltaic-2814504_1920.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/01\/photovoltaic-2814504_1920.jpg?resize=300,233 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/01\/photovoltaic-2814504_1920.jpg?resize=768,595 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Luminant, a subsidiary of Vistra Energy, finalized construction on its Upton 2 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/finding-power-in-energy-storage\/\">battery energy storage system<\/a>. The system began commercial operation on Dec. 31, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The battery project is located in Upton County, Texas, and is the largest energy storage system in Texas and the seventh largest in the country. Vistra is currently developing the world\u2019s largest battery energy storage project\u2014the 300MW\/1,200MWh storage system at its Moss Landing Plant in California, anticipated to be up and running by the fourth quarter of 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The 10MW\/42MWh lithium-ion energy storage system captures excess solar energy produced at Upton 2 solar power plant during the day and can release it in late afternoon and early evening, when energy demand in ERCOT is highest. The system can also use low-priced grid power\u2014such as during times of high wind output\u2014to charge batteries for periods with higher energy demand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As it captures excess solar power, the lithium-ion structure has a capacity of 10MW\/42MWh. 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