X-ELIO, a developer of renewable and sustainable energy worldwide, has launched its first utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) project in the United States, with a total capacity of 60 megawatts (MW).
This BESS project will be co-located with Liberty 1 Solar, the 72 megawatt Photovoltaic (PV) Solar plant that the company is building near Houston. Liberty 1 Solar is expected to be operational in early 2024 and will generate 137 gigawatts hour of clean energy per year, avoiding the emission of 52.4 tons of carbon dioxide while contributing more than $130 million in capital investment in the state and creating up to 125 construction jobs. The energy produced by this plant will be sold to BASF through a Power Purchase Agreement, which closed last September.
The project will provide a reliable and cost-effective means of storing renewable energy. Surplus energy, generated by Liberty 1 during times of low demand will be stored so that it can be fed into the gr
