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Mortenson Announces Completion Of Edwards & Sanborn Solar + Storage Project

The title of this post, is the same as that of this press release from Mortenson.

These two paragraphs describe the project,

Terra-Gen and Mortenson have announced the full substantial completion of the Edwards & Sanborn Solar + Energy Storage project, the largest solar plus energy storage project in the United States. Mortenson was the full Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contractor on both the solar and energy storage scopes for this vanguard project in the energy industry.

This project stretches over 4,600 acres and includes more than 1.9 million First Solar modules. In total, the project generates 875 MWdc of solar energy and has 3,287 megawatt-hours of energy storage with a total interconnection capacity of 1,300 megawatts. The project supplies power to the city of San Jose, Southern California Edison, Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and the Clean Power Alliance, and Starbucks, among others. A portion of the project is situated on the Edwards Air Force Base and was the largest public-private collaboration in U.S. Department of Defense history. The project uses LG Chem, Samsung, and BYD batteries.

Note.

1. 4,600 acres is just over seven square miles.
2. There’s more about this massive project on this web page.
3. Judging by the fact, they use three different makes of batteries, did Mortenson have a problem sourcing the number needed from a single manufacturer or are the contractors seeing, which perform best in the hot desert?

California and other places can build these projects, if there is masses of sun and flat desert.

Shotwick Solar Park is the largest solar farm in the UK. It has a capacity of 72.2 MW.

January 27, 2024 - Posted by AnonW | Energy, Energy Storage | Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), California, Solar Power