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Case Studies
Adapture Renewables Leverages Ascend's SmartBidder to Optimize First-Ever Utility-Scale BESS Projects in ERCOT
Adapture Renewables, Inc. is a US-based utility-scale energy developer, owner and operator with more than 340 MW of solar projects in operation across 12 US states.

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Deploying a Planning to Procurement Pathway for Utilities with PowerSIMM
Public Utility District No. 2 of Grant County, Washington (“Grant PUD”), delivers power to over 54,000 active meters in one of Washington’s leading crop-producing counties. Built on hydropower from the Columbia River System dams dating back to 1938, Grant PUD has relied on this renewable resource to reliably and cost-effectively meet energy demand.

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Transmission-Constrained MUNI Retains Ascend to Develop Integrated Resource Plan Targeting 100% Clean Energy
Glendale Water & Power (GWP), a not-for-profit municipal utility with a peak load of 350 MW nine miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles, selected Ascend Analytics to develop an integrated resource plan (IRP).
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Enabling BESS Portfolio Growth for New Market Entrants with AEX Asset Sales
Golden State Renewable Energy (“GSR-E”), a California-based energy storage project developer, expanded its development capabilities to originate and develop Distributed Generation Resource (“DGR”) standalone battery energy storage system (“BESS”) projects in Texas.

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Supporting Ingka Investments Energy Goals in ERCOT using SmartBidder Bid Optimization
With IKEA retail operations in 31 markets around the globe, Ingka Group is the largest IKEA retailer and represents about 90% of IKEA retail sales.

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Ascend EnSurance Enables Storage Project Finance in ERCOT
An Independent Power Producer (IPP) worked with Ascend Analytics to develop four standalone battery energy storage systems (BESS) tailored to support reliable, clean, and low-cost electricity for Texas power consumers.

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SmartBidder Top Bid Optimization Strategies Outperform ERCOT Average by 46%
Ascend performed an assessment of ERCOT battery storage revenues for the first half of 2023. The data, extracted from publicly accessible Security Constrained Economic Dispatch (SCED) data on the ERCOT website, presented a clear picture of the distribution of wholesale energy and ancillary revenues accrued by different projects normalized by project capacity.
Ascend performed an assessment of ERCOT battery storage revenues for the first half of 2023. The data, extracted from publicly accessible Security Constrained Economic Dispatch (SCED) data on the ERCOT website, presented a clear picture of the distribution of wholesale energy and ancillary revenues accrued by different projects normalized by project capacity.

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Clean Power Alliance Clean Energy and Reliability Request for Offer
In 2019, Ascend partnered with Clean Power Alliance (CPA), California's largest Community Choice Aggregator covering most of Los Angeles County to run two RFOs: A Clean Energy RFO for renewable energy and a Reliability RFO for stand-alone storage.
In 2019, Ascend partnered with Clean Power Alliance (CPA), California's largest Community Choice Aggregator covering most of Los Angeles County, to run two RFOs: A Clean Energy RFO for renewable energy and a reliability RFO for stand-alone storage.

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