New Kid on the Block. Energy Storage in West Texas

Who: Denmark’s Ørsted , formerly Danish Oil and Natural Gas, known as “vanguard of old energy companies transitioning rapidly toward renewables”

Where:West Texas, near existing oil and gas infrastructure in the Permian Basin

What: Permian Energy Center,  460-megawatt solar-plus-storage project to be completed by mid-2021

Storage capacity: 40 megawatts with 1 hour of capacity, running alongside a 420 MW AC solar array

Green Tech Media | Orsted Brings 460MW Solar-Plus-Storage Project to Texas Oil Country