Dive Summary:

• Duke Energy has announced the commencement of operations at the Notrees Energy Storage unit in western Texas, which will provide both environmentally friendly and flexible capacity to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT).
• The system is part of Duke's 153 MW Windpower Project, while the battery storage system is capable of deploying fast-acting reserves to support ERCOT grid reliability.
• Xtreme Power's control system, XACT, will manage real-time performance and response of the system in response to site and grid conditions.

From the article:

The system is part of Duke Energy's Notrees 153 MW Windpower Project. The 36MW Battery Storage system is capable of deploying fast-acting reserves to support ERCOT grid reliability and helping the System Operator maintain supply and demand balance with near-instantaneous feedback of frequency changes or other unexpected events. In addition to other energy management services, the storage unit supports ultimate wind farm performance as it can absorb power from the wind farm during times of low demand or high curtailment and release power when it is most beneficial to the market. ...