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Houston company secures $837M for trio of Texas energy storage projects

All three of Intersect Power's storage systems — Lumina I, Lumina II, and Radian — are expected to be online this year. Photo courtesy of Intersect

Houston-based clean energy company Intersect Power has wrapped up $837 million in financing for the construction and operation of three standalone battery energy storage systems in Texas.

The money came in the form of debt financing, construction debt, and tax equity. The projects qualify for tax credits under the federal Inflation Reduction Act. Backers of the financing include Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley, and affiliates of HPS Investment Partners.

All three storage systems — Lumina I, Lumina II, and Radian — are expected to be online this year. Each system will be capable of storing 320 megawatts of solar power with a two-hour duration.

“Batteries will be a vital part of the energy transition and are the perfect complement to the billions of dollars of solar generation that we are building in California and Texas,” Sheldon Kimber, founder and CEO of Intersect, says in a news release.

Kimber says the storage systems will help Intersect Power triple the size of its portfolio over the next three years.

Intersect’s portfolio features 2.2 gigawatts of solar projects that are already operating, and 2.4 gigawatt hours of storage being operated or built. The company was founded in 2016.

Intersect recently signed a deal with Tesla Energy for 15.2 gigawatt hours of Megapack battery energy storage systems. The contract, which will deliver systems for Intersect projects in Texas and California, ends in 2030.

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The Woodlands-based Lancium has licensed patents to ERCOT that help increase or decrease power consumption during peak periods or emergencies. Photo courtesy of ERCOT

Lancium, a company based in The Woodlands that specializes in infrastructure for connecting large-scale data centers to power grids, is licensing a portfolio of patents to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) at no cost.

In a news release, Lancium says the intellectual property agreement “ensures ERCOT can sublicense these patents freely, thereby expanding market participation opportunities without risk of patent infringement disputes.”

“This agreement exemplifies Lancium’s dedication to supporting grid stability and innovation across the ERCOT region,” Michael McNamara, CEO of Lancium, said in a news release. “While these patents represent significant technological advancements, we believe that enabling ERCOT and its market participants to operate freely is more valuable for the long-term reliability and resilience of the Texas grid.”

The licensed patents encompass Lancium technologies that support load resources in ERCOT’s market, which covers about 90 percent of Texas. Specifically, the patents deal with controllable load resources. A controlled load resource allows ERCOT and other grids to increase or decrease power consumption during peak periods or emergencies.

ERCOT predicts power demand in Texas will nearly double by 2030, “in part due to more requests to plug into the grid from large users like data centers, crypto mining facilities, hydrogen production plants, and oil and gas companies,” The Texas Tribune reported.

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