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SOLAR + STORAGE · ERCOTMalachite BESS
Malachite BESS is a 191 MW solar + storage request in interconnection study in the ERCOT interconnection queue, in Wharton County, Texas.
Queue statusIn planning
- PlanningQueued May 2024 (current stage)
- Consented (not yet reached)
- Construction (not yet reached)
- OperatingTarget Apr 2029 (not yet reached)
- Closed (not yet reached)
Studies assess what grid upgrades the project would need and who pays for them. A signed interconnection agreement is the main step before construction.
Request details
- Queue ID
- 27INR0112
- Grid region
- ERCOT (Texas)
- Developer
- Malachite Storage LLC
- Connection point (POI)
- Tap 345 kV 44200 Hillje – 9073 Holman
- Location
- Wharton County, Texas
- Technology
- Battery: 191 MW · Battery
- Total requested
- 191 MW
- Study phase
- SS Completed, FIS Completed, No IA
- Queue status
- Active
- Entered queue
- 20 May 2024
- Proposed online date
- April 2029
Location
Marker shows the centre of Wharton County; the queue data does not give exact sites.
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Source: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Queued Up, data through end of 2025, compiled from ISO/RTO and utility queues. Check the grid operator's own queue for the latest status. Report a problem