Ørsted & SRP Have a good time Graduation of Largest Co-located Photo voltaic & Battery Storage Undertaking on Salt River Undertaking Energy Grid – CleanTechnica – Uplaza

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Pinal County’s Eleven Mile Photo voltaic System comes on-line as one of many largest battery vitality storage techniques in-built a single part within the nation

Ørsted, a number one U.S. renewable vitality firm, and Salt River Undertaking (SRP) at present celebrated the official graduation of the Eleven Mile Photo voltaic Middle, a 300 megawatt (MW) photo voltaic undertaking and 300MW/1200MWh battery vitality storage system (BESS) in Pinal County. The undertaking is a part of Ørsted’s $20 billion greenback funding in constructing out American vitality technology. Eleven Mile Photo voltaic Middle is SRP’s largest co-located photo voltaic and BESS undertaking, offering energy to companies, properties, and Meta’s information middle in Mesa, AZ.

“Solar energy paired with battery energy storage will be critical to the reliable delivery of power as the demand for electricity grows,” mentioned David Hardy, Group EVP and CEO Americas at Ørsted. “Arizona has one of the highest growth rates of electricity in the country due to the surge in data centers and the reshoring of American manufacturing. With our first project in Arizona now complete, we’re thrilled to help meet the growing demand of the state and region with reliable, domestic energy.”

To rejoice the financial advantages the undertaking brings to the area people and the numerous clear energy it’s contributing to Arizona, Ørsted hosted a celebration attended by U.S. suppliers, SRP, group members, and native and state elected officers at Eleven Mile’s O&M facility. The undertaking has the capability to supply sufficient vitality to energy 65,000 properties and retailer 1200 MWh of energy every day.

“The Eleven Mile Solar Center represents a significant investment in southern Arizona and support for our state’s growing energy needs,” mentioned Arizona Company Commissioner Lea Marquez Peterson. “The Eleven Mile project exemplifies how clean energy can help us diversify our resources while ensuring reliability for the local grid.”

Eleven Mile Photo voltaic Middle represents an approximate $1 billion greenback funding by Ørsted in clear vitality for Arizona and can generate roughly $80 million to the area people for public providers within the type of tax income. Moreover, the undertaking created over 1,000 building jobs within the native space and would require further roles for operation and upkeep over the subsequent a number of a long time. Ørsted supported American corporations, akin to First Photo voltaic, Fluence NEXTracker, in procuring panels, batteries, and monitoring gear and for the undertaking.

“I am proud of our communities’ efforts to support this partnership between Ørsted and Salt River Project,” mentioned Eloy Mayor Micah Powell. “This energy project is a first of its kind in our region and will have a huge impact on energy reliability for our local area.”

With the addition of Eleven Mile, SRP has practically 3,000 MW of carbon-free vitality — together with greater than 1,400 MW of photo voltaic — serving its prospects. SRP additionally has practically 1,300 MW of battery and pumped hydro storage supporting its grid. SRP is working to at the least double the variety of producing assets on its energy system within the subsequent 10 years to satisfy rising vitality demand within the Phoenix metropolitan space because it strikes ahead with the deliberate retirement of 1,300 MW of coal assets.

“The energy and storage capacity provided by the Eleven Mile Solar System plays an important role in helping meet SRP’s ambitious decarbonization goals while providing affordable and reliable energy to our customers,” mentioned Bobby Olsen, Affiliate Common Supervisor & Chief Planning, Technique & Sustainability Government at SRP. “We appreciate our partnership with Ørsted and Meta to bring more clean energy to our customers.”

Eleven Mile Photo voltaic Middle joins Ørsted’s rising onshore portfolio, now producing over 5,000 MW throughout the U.S., with extra capability set to return on-line earlier than the top of the 12 months.

About Ørsted

A worldwide clear vitality chief, Ørsted develops, constructs, and operates offshore and land-based wind farms, photo voltaic farms, vitality storage amenities, and bioenergy crops. Ørsted was the primary vitality firm on the planet to have its science-based net-zero emissions goal validated by the Science Based mostly Targets initiative (SBTi) and is acknowledged because the world’s most sustainable vitality developer within the Company Knights World 100 index.

In the US, the corporate has roughly 800 staff and a portfolio of fresh vitality belongings and partnerships that features offshore wind vitality, land-based wind vitality, photo voltaic, battery storage and e-fuels. Ørsted is a U.S. chief in offshore wind vitality with roughly 1.6 gigawatts in building, and three gigawatts in improvement. It additionally operates America’s first offshore wind farm, situated off the coast of Block Island, and the nation’s first utility-scale offshore wind farm, South Fork Wind. Ørsted has a complete U.S. land-based capability of ~6 gigawatts throughout wind, photo voltaic, storage applied sciences and e-fuels.

About SRP

SRP is a community-based, not-for-profit public energy utility and the most important electrical energy supplier within the higher Phoenix metropolitan space, serving roughly 1.1 million prospects. SRP supplies water to about half of the Valley’s residents, delivering greater than 244 billion gallons of water (750,000 acre-feet) annually, and manages a 13,000-square-mile watershed that features an intensive system of reservoirs, wells, canals and irrigation laterals.

Supply: Ørsted