Energy storage developer GlidePath Power Solutions has acquired a 149MW portfolio of onshore wind farms in North Texas.
The wind portfolio, acquired from Exelon Generation, is comprised of eight distributed wind energy projects located north of Amarillo that serve the Southwest Power Pool market.
This acquisition brings Glidepath’s operating portfolio to more than 445MW, in addition to its development pipeline of more than 1 GW of battery storage projects across the United States.
The US developer says its operations team will optimize the performance of the wind farms while the company explores opportunities to develop on-site battery storage systems.
This acquisition follows GlidePath’s announcement of the Prospect Storage project, a 10MW/MWh standalone battery project located in the Ercot market about 50 miles south of Houston.
GlidePath President of Asset Management David Braun said: “The high penetration of wind energy in North Texas offers us an excellent opportunity to pair these facilities with the latest battery storage technology.
“We look forward to managing these wind assets in a way that will hopefully strengthen reliability of supply in the local electric grid and deliver benefits for Texas power consumers.”