SAHARA BESS (SOHO BESS)
Battery storage power plant · Brazoria County, Texas
Nameplate capacity
409 MW
Rank in Texas
#131
of 1,095 plants
In service since
2026
July 2026
Details
- Primary fuel
- Battery storage
- Technology
- Batteries
- Operator
- ESTX-PLD-HOUSTON2, LLC
- County
- Brazoria County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.20%
- Rank among battery storage plants in Texas
- #1 of 226
- EIA plant code
- 69200
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOHO1 | Batteries | 204 MW | 204 MW | 2026 | Operating |
| SOHO2 | Batteries | 204 MW | 204 MW | 2026 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Texas
| San Miguel | Coal | 410 MW |
| Ash Creek Solar | Solar | 409 MW |
| Bright Arrow Solar, LLC | Solar | 404 MW |
| Sequoia 1 | Solar | 401 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, August 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 409 MW solar plant and a 409 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Texas power plants · What Texas actually generates