Vistra Brings Texas’ Largest Battery Energy Storage System Online

IRVING, Texas, May 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Vistra (NYSE: VST) today announced that its DeCordova Energy Storage Facility in Granbury, Texas, is online and storing and releasing electricity to the ERCOT grid in time for another hot Texas summer. The 260-megawatt/260 megawatt-hour battery energy storage project is the largest of its kind in the Lone Star State.

First announced in September 2020, DeCordova is the second of seven new zero-carbon projects Vistra is bringing online in Texas over the next few years as part of its growing Vistra Zero portfolio. These new power generation facilities represent a nearly $1 billion capital investment by the company within the Texas ERCOT market.

“As our fleet and electric grids across the country transition to cleaner generation, we haven’t lost sight of our essential role in providing reliable, affordable electricity. The battery storage technology at DeCordova accomplishes those objectives – providing …

With Texas renewable power generation growing, energy secretary says storage is next challenge

Diego Mendoza-Moyers

Expanding America’s ability to store energy is the key to making renewable power available any time — even when there’s no wind or sun — U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm told the Clean Power 2022 conference Wednesday in downtown San Antonio.

“Storage is a huge priority because that’s what is going to make renewable power dispatchable,” she said. “If we can get the cost right, and if we can get the (storage) duration up, there’s this potential to turn these variable renewables into 24/7 baseload.”

Increasing storage capacity could, for example, …