Revolution
Spearmint Energy · Crane County · ERCOT
Revolution is a battery energy storage facility with 150 MW of EIA-reported operating capacity and 300 MWh of reported energy capacity in Crane County, Texas, registered as EIA Plant ID 66170. Spearmint Energy is the current owner; Crane 2 BESS, LLC is the registered plant entity or operator. Commercial operation began on January 4, 2024. Financing included a $92M tax-equity investment.
Overview
Key fields
- Power / energy
- 150 MW / 300 MWh
Reported plant capacity and configuration.
- Technology
- Batteries
Primary generation technology.
- Registry anchor
- Plant 66170
Crane 2 BESS, LLC · Crane County · ERCOT
- Storage duration
- 2 hours
Battery subsystem rating.
- Operating status
- Operating
Revolution is operating.
Equipment
- 134 containers / 6,432 modules / 45 PCS units
Installed equipment documented in public project records.
- Commercial operation
- January 4, 2024
Best-supported operating milestone.
Profile
- Grid role
- Grid-scale battery energy storage providing energy-shifting / system reliability services (storage arbitrage and reliability support).
- Context
- Revolution is a 150 MW / 300 MWh battery energy storage system in Crane County, Texas, and is publicly described by the developer and project sources as one of the largest utility-scale battery energy storage projects in Texas and among the larger single-site BESS installations in the U.S.
- Physical build
- Mortenson (EPC) installed 134 battery containers containing 6,432 Sungrow battery modules and 45 power conversion system (PCS) units for the Revolution BESS (150 MW / 300 MWh) which uses the Sungrow PowerTitan Series containerized BESS (2-hour configuration).
Equipment layout
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Structured profile
- Reported capacity
- 150 MW
Batteries
- Energy
- 300 MWh
2-hour storage duration
- Commercial operation
- January 4, 2024
- Operating status
- operating
Revolution is operating.
- Location
- Crane County
ERCOT
- Operator
- Crane 2 BESS, LLC
- Owner
- Spearmint Energy
The Texas Comptroller summary and the project press release identify the Revolution project as developed/owned/operated by Spearmint Energy and the company press release announces the project's completion under the Spearmint name.
Units and generators
Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 150 MW 150 MW summer | Batteries Electricity used for energy storage · BA | Dec 2023 | Operating |
Performance
Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.
Peer context
- Technology capacity
- 150 MW
- National rank
- #85
- TX rank
- #35
Monthly generation
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Grid and market context
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Nearby substations
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Transactions and agreements
Land and environmental record
Related parties and identifiers
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Parties and identifiers
| Relationship | Entity | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Operator | Crane 2 BESS, LLC | Registered entity associated with Revolution. |
| EPC contractor | EPC contractor associated with Revolution. | |
| Equipment OEM | Equipment OEM associated with Revolution. | |
| Grid selection | plant:plant-66170 | Canonical asset page /ercot/assets/plant/revolution. |
Reporting portfolio
Portfolio membership follows the latest EIA-860 reporting entity. It does not imply ultimate ownership.
Timeline and sources
Project milestones and public references behind the asset profile.
Project timeline
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