esVolta completed $258 million in senior secured credit facilities for a 980 MWh portfolio of standalone battery energy storage projects. The credit facilities consist of construction plus tax equity bridge financing, letters of credit and a long-term loan to finance three of esVolta’s energy storage projects currently under construction in Texas including Anole, Desert Willow and Burksol. Each of the projects is designed to provide fast-responding energy and ancillary services into the ERCOT market, helping to reduce congestion and strengthen the regional electric grid.
MUFG Bank acted as the coordinating lead arranger and green loan coordinator, Nomura Securities International and KeyBanc Capital Markets acted as coordinating lead arrangers, Investec acted as joint lead arranger and Cadence Bank also participated in the financing. esVolta was represented in the transaction by Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, and MUFG was represented by Winston & Strawn.
“This project financing is a tremendous achievement for esVolta. It will help us to accelerate our company’s growth and cost-effectively build out our portfolio of large-scale energy storage assets, as we strive to enable a decarbonized and reliable US electric power grid,” Randolph Mann, CEO and founder of esVolta, said. “We appreciate the support of MUFG and the entire bank group in closing this important new financing.”
“MUFG is pleased to collaborate on this financing with esVolta,” Alberto Mihelcic Bazzana, director of MUFG, said. “MUFG recognizes the reliability benefits of grid-scale energy storage, and we are dedicated to providing innovative and efficient financing solutions to support leading sponsors like esVolta in this fast-growing clean energy sector.”
