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Published: 5 May 2021, 14:06
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Containerised battery energy storage systems (BESS). Image: Mitsubishi Power.
Mitsubishi Power Americas and Powin Energy have been appointed to retrofit 640MWh of batteries to solar PV plants in California, while a community energy group in the state has just signed a power purchase agreement for a 100MW solar plant with 150MW / 600MWh of storage.
Wholesale energy provider Southern Power said in February that it would add a 72MW / 288MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) at Tranquility Solar Facility, a 205MW project in California’s Fresno County, as well as 88MW / 352MWh of battery storage at the 200MW Garland Solar Facility in Kern County.
San Diego Community Power was formed in the fall of 2019 and launched electricity supply services in April of 2021 for municipal customers in the five-member cities of Chula Vista, Encinitas, Imperial Beach, La Mesa, and San Diego. The program provides local control and consumer choice regarding energy decisions on a large scale for the first time in the region’s history.
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“We are thrilled to be delivering on our promise to invest in projects that deliver more renewable energy to our customers and support regional jobs and economic development,” said Joe Mosca, Encinitas Councilmember and Chair of the San Diego Community Power Board. “The Vikings Energy Farm project will provide clean energy when we need it most while supporting our goal of procuring 100 percent renewable energy to our customers by 2035 or sooner.”
San Diego Community Power (SDCP) has signed a PPA with an affiliate of RAI Energy International (RAI Energy), the Silicon Valley-based global renewable energy development company.
The project located in Imperial County, California is an integrated 100MW photovoltaic solar energy project with up to 150MW/600MWh of battery energy storage.
The Vikings Energy Farm will provide SDCP with a 20-year supply of renewable energy, help meet peak summer demand, and support grid reliability.
RAI Energy, through its affiliate Vikings Energy Farm LLC, will develop, design, permit, construct, own, and operate the proposed project.
Construction on the Vikings Energy Farm is expected to begin in the fall of 2022, with commercial operations expected to begin in the summer of 2023.
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Rendering of Integrated 100 MW Solar Energy and 150 MW Storage Project. (RAI Energy International)
(SAN DIEGO, Calif.) May 4, 2021 – San Diego Community Power (SDCP), the not-for-profit community choice energy program serving five cities in the San Diego region, entered into a power purchase agreement with an affiliate of RAI Energy International, Inc. (RAI Energy), the Silicon Valley-based global renewable energy development company. The project is located in Imperial County, California and is an integrated 100 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic solar energy project and up to 150 MW/600 MWh of battery energy storage that will provide San Diego Community Power with a 20-year supply of renewable energy, help meet peak summer demand, and support grid reliability. With this first project, called the Vikings Energy Farm, SDCP delivers on its promise of investing in regional renewable energy projects that support economic development and local jobs.