Notrees, Texas

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Notrees, Texas
Unincorporated community
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Location of Notrees in Texas
Coordinates: 31°55′2″N 102°45′21″W / 31.91722°N 102.75583°W / 31.91722; -102.75583Coordinates: 31°55′2″N 102°45′21″W / 31.91722°N 102.75583°W / 31.91722; -102.75583[1]
Country United States
State Texas
CountyEctor
RegionWest Texas
Post office established1946
Elevation
[1]
3,333 ft (1,016 m)
Population
 (2010)[citation needed]
 • Total23
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
Area code432
WebsiteHandbook of Texas: Notrees, Texas

Notrees is an unincorporated community in west-central Ector County, Texas, United States. It is located on State Highway 302, about 20 miles northwest of Odessa.[2] The community is part of the Odessa metropolitan statistical area.

The area began to develop in the 1940s following the discovery of large oil fields, including the TXL Field. Notrees was known at various times as Caprock and Strawberry. Local merchant Charles E. Brown petitioned for a post office and selected the descriptive name of Notrees. Reportedly, the community had a single native tree before it was destroyed during the construction of a Shell Oil Company "gas plant".[2]

Notrees thrived during the 1950s and 1960s. In 1966, its population was 338 and the area was supported by several oil-company camps and a few businesses. The community began to decline by the 1980s as a result of oil companies abandoning the camps that once provided housing for employees and their families because of an improved infrastructure that enabled workers to live elsewhere (e.g., Odessa) and commute to Notrees.

The community's small population currently supports four businesses and a post office (zip code 79759).

The area has a 153 MW wind farm, connected to one of the world's largest grid energy storage systems that used a 36 MW (48,000 hp) lead-acid battery from 2012 to 2016, capable of delivering full effect for 40 minutes,[3] and used mostly for frequency response. In 2017, it was replaced with lithium-ion batteries,[4][5] and several larger batteries have been built.[6]

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References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Notrees". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Notrees, Texas". The Handbook of Texas online. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
  3. ^ "Duke Energy Notrees Wind Storage Demonstration Project". Sandia National Laboratories. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  4. ^ Froese, Michelle (December 12, 2017). "Younicos upgrades battery storage at Duke Energy's Notrees wind farm in Texas". Windpower Engineering & Development. Archived from the original on November 21, 2019.
  5. ^ Colthorpe, Andy (14 Dec 2017). "'Minimal downtime': Younicos swaps out lead-acid for lithium at Texas' Notrees wind farm". Energy Storage News. Archived from the original on 7 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Initial operation of the Hornsdale Power Reserve Battery Energy Storage System" (PDF). Australian Energy Market Operator. 5 April 2018.

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