ENGIE North America’s Distributed Solar Team Unveils Largest Battery Storage Project in Colorado for United Power

CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The largest Lithium-ion battery storage installation in the state of
Colorado which ENGIE North America developed and constructed for United
Power was inaugurated earlier this week. United Power is an electric
power cooperative that serves some 200,000 customers and communities
north of Denver.

This unique installation consists of 4 MW of Lithium-ion battery packs
that can deliver up to 16 MWh of power to support United Power’s grid
with enough electricity to completely supply 600-700 homes.

ENGIE’s Distributed Solar team (formerly SoCore Energy) developed and
oversaw engineering, procurement, and construction of the project
located in Firestone, Colorado about one hour north of Denver. United
Power selected Tesla to provide the battery packs for the project which
will be owned by United Power.

With 16 MWh duration, it is believed this is the largest Lithium-ion
battery storage project ever built in Colorado and will provide
flexibility to United Power to meet peak load demand and other
requirements. The battery will be recharged with power from the grid and
is expected to save United Power around $1 million in costs annually.

“ENGIE is honored to have been chosen by United Power to help develop
this ground-breaking battery storage project to support its members and
communities in Colorado” said Luis Felipe Birolini Vice President,
Business Development, ENGIE North America. “This has been a leading-edge
project from the start, and its success is based on great collaboration
with United Power and other contributors to the project,” he continued.
“We believe that demand for storage projects such as this will continue
to grow rapidly and that the collaborative approach taken here is a
clear indication of what can be achieved,” he concluded.

“ENGIE’s ability to effectively develop, construct, and integrate
multiple suppliers, technologies, and systems into the project was
critical for us,” said Jerry Marizza, Director of New Business
Development for United Power. “We are excited to add this storage
capability to our operations which will help us reduce costs and improve
reliability for our members. Our collaboration with ENGIE was essential
to making this project a reality,” he continued.

The project was officially inaugurated at a ceremony on the Firestone,
Colorado site on Tuesday December 18, 2018.

About ENGIE
ENGIE North America Inc.’s Distributed Solar
group (formerly SoCore Energy (www.SoCoreEnergy.com))
is a market leader in commercial, industrial, and distributed solar and
storage portfolio development based in Chicago, Illinois. With hundreds
of solar solutions designed and installed across some 25 states, ENGIE’s
distributed solar team offers commercial and industrial companies,
electric cooperatives, and communities’ portfolio-wide solar and storage
solutions that provide energy cost savings, increased resiliency, and
carbon reduction opportunities.

ENGIE North America manages a range of energy businesses in the United
States and Canada, including clean power generation, cogeneration, and
energy storage; retail energy sales; and comprehensive services to help
customers run their facilities more efficiently and optimize energy and
other resource use and expense. Nearly 100 percent of the company’s
power generation portfolio is low carbon or renewable. Globally, ENGIE
is the largest independent power producer and energy efficiency services
provider in the world, with operations in 70 countries employing 150,000
people, including 1,000 researchers in 11 R&D centers. For more
information, please visit www.engie-na.com,
@ENGIENorthAm, and www.engie.com.

The ENGIE S.A. Group is listed on the Paris and Brussels stock exchanges
(ENGI). ENGIE achieved global revenues of approximately $73 billion in
2017 and employs some 150,000 people around the world, with
approximately 6,000 employees in North America. ENGIE is also the
world’s largest Independent Power Producer and has over 23 GW of
renewable generation assets.

Contacts

Julie Vitek, 713 636 1962
julie.vitek@engie.com