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Duke Energy Notrees Battery Storage will pair grid-scale batteries with a West Texas wind farm, storing excess renewable energy for reliable electricity delivery, supported by U.S. DOE funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

 

At a Glance

A project adding grid-scale batteries to a Texas wind farm to store renewable power and stabilize the grid.

  • 95 turbines producing up to 151 MW of clean electricity
  • DOE ARRA funding matched by Duke Energy for deployment
  • Grid-scale batteries store surplus wind energy for later use
  • Improves grid reliability and load balancing in West Texas

 

North Carolina's Duke Energy said it plans to match a $22 million federal grant to examine the use of batteries to store wind energy from a Texas wind farm.

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Duke Energy said it plans to match funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to design, build and install batteries for the storage of wind energy from its Nortress Windpower Project in western Texas.

Wind farm development has expanded as the global community looks for alternatives to conventional fossil fuels, including Duke's plan to invest in solar across its portfolio.

Duke said it plans to develop a large-scale battery as part of its expanding wind power business strategy to store excess wind energy for the distribution of electricity when wind turbines are not in cycle.

"Energy storage truly has the potential to serve as a game-changer when it comes to renewable power," said Wouter van Kempen, president of Duke Energy Generation Services, which led a wind partnership with Wal-Mart in recent years as a Duke Energy subsidiary involved in renewable energy.

The Nortress wind farm consists of 95 wind turbines. The facility has a peak energy production of 151 megawatts of clean electricity, and Duke's separate 200MW Oklahoma project underscores the broader scale of its efforts today.

Duke received its funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Duke and the U.S. Department of Energy must negotiate the terms of the financial stimulus before any of the funding is made available.

 

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