Enel Green Power has announced the completion of its first large-scale hybrid wind project, located in Texas.
The Azure Sky Wind + Storage power plant, in Throckmorton County, comprises a 350MW wind farm paired with a 137MW/205 megawatt-hour battery.
To support companies with distributed energy needs to collaboratively purchase renewable energy, Enel Green Power signed an aggregated power purchase agreement (PPA) with Akamai, MilliporeSigma, Synopsys and Uber.
Kellogg Company, HP Hood and lululemon also signed PPAs to purchase clean energy output.
Enel Green Power US and Canada head Paolo Romanacci said: “We’re committed to connecting Texans with clean and cost-effective electricity through our renewable projects.
“The Azure Sky wind + storage project and storage additions at Roadrunner and High Lonesome help to add measurable value in the form of storage capacity and reliability to support the state’s electricity system.
“Enel Green Power’s projects provide more generation, more resource diversity, and more dispatchable storage – three key elements of Texas’s goal to reform its power grid.”
Located in Throckmorton County, Azure Sky wind + storage is Enel Green Power’s first large-scale hybrid wind project globally.
Enel has also installed grid-connected battery systems at the sites of the Roadrunner solar and High Lonesome wind projects.
Each battery system will add 57 MW/86 MWh of storage capacity to the grid, supporting grid reliability in a state often experiencing high demand from elevated temperatures and extreme weather.
The systems will also help balance intermittent generation profiles in the renewables-saturated western region of ERCOT.
With a total of 170 MWh of battery storage capacity between the two projects, Enel can dispatch flexible capacity, providing services to support resiliency amid shifting grid conditions in ERCOT.
By early 2023, Enel will operate a portfolio of 12 battery energy storage systems able to store over 1290MWh in Texas.