Google-sponsored pilot charged and discharged 9.2 GWh at esVolta batteries
Quintrace, esVolta and LevelTen Energy announced on September 17, 2026 the results of a Google-sponsored pilot in which esVolta's Anole (240 MW / 480 MWh) and Burksol (100 MW / 200 MWh) batteries in Texas charged and discharged a total of 9.2 GWh over three months in defined mid-day and evening windows, each hour verified by Quintrace against the EnergyTag standard. Google contracted to time-shift environmental attributes it already owned without tolling the batteries or taking merchant or dispatch risk; the release calls it the first environmental revenue stream for battery assets.
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