As the fourth sunniest state in the United States, Texas is an ideal location for developing solar energy. In 2022, Texas was also the country’s biggest electricity user, so it was only natural that TotalEnergies should operate its largest solar power plant in the United States; Danish Fields, in the heart of the Lone Star State, just a few kilometers from Houston and covering almost 2,000 hectares. It develops a capacity of 720 MWp and is reinforced with a 225 MWh battery-based storage system.
In 2021, TotalEnergies acquired a portfolio including 2.2 gigawatts (GW) of solar energy projects and 600 megawatts (MW) of battery-based storage projects, all located in Texas, from Sunchase Power, a US-based solar developer. One of the projects was the Danish Fields solar power plant, which was under construction at the time. Three years later, in 2024, Danish Fields came on stream and began supplying electricity to…
