Habitat Energy, a leading global optimizer of battery storage and renewable energy assets, has partnered with Plenitude, a company controlled by Eni, to optimize its 200MW/200MWh Guajillo battery energy storage system (BESS) in ERCOT South.
Located in Webb County, Texas alongside Plenitude’s Corazon solar farm, the BESS will be one of the largest in ERCOT when it becomes operational in mid-2025.
The BESS will play an important role in delivering reliable and affordable electricity to Texans, helping to store renewable generation and make it available when it is most needed, while balancing electricity supply and demand across ERCOT.
As optimizer, Habitat Energy will be responsible for maximizing the battery’s revenue performance across all wholesale and ancillary service markets using a combination of advanced algorithmic price forecasting and dispatch optimization, expert human trading team oversight and extensive real-world experience of managing the physical performance and reliability of the asset.
Unlike a software only solution, Habitat Energy’s fully integrated approach ensures complete alignment of decision-making between technology and traders, maximizing asset value and driving innovative trading and risk management strategies to help manage merchant exposure.
The partnership brings Habitat Energy’s assets under contract in ERCOT to over 1.2GW, with expansion into other ISOs already underway. Globally the company has 3.3GW of battery storage and renewable energy assets under contract.
This exciting deal with Plenitude cements Habitat Energy’s position as the largest specialist optimizer of battery storage in ERCOT. In the last year alone we have onboarded over 1GW of assets, working closely with our partners to deliver a seamless, end-to-end service.
In an extremely competitive market, we are tremendously proud Plenitude have selected us to optimize Guajillo. This partnership reflects the desire we see for a fully integrated approach to optimization services, where human traders and algorithmic tools interact seamlessly to maximize value. Habitat Energy hopes to further support Plenitude’s ambitious growth plans as they expand their presence in the US battery storage and renewable energy markets.
”Michael Kirschner, Managing Director, Habitat Energy US
Habitat Energy is a portfolio company of Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, a specialist investment manager focused exclusively on the infrastructure needed to drive the energy transition in the UK, US, and Australia.