This section of the venture, dubbed “San Juan 1” by DESRI, consists of the photo voltaic farm, alongside a 100MWac battery storage facility, all of which DESRI expects to return on-line in mid-2024.
The corporate introduced that it had reached monetary shut for this section, paving the way in which for building to start, and added that the later phases of building will deliver the entire capability of the San Juan venture as much as 400MWac, which might make the venture the corporate’s largest by capability.
The venture can also be notable because it seems to exchange the capability of the San Juan Producing Station, a coal-fired energy plant within the area that was decommissioned by its proprietor, the Public Service Firm of New Mexico (PNM), final 12 months.
Whereas the coal plant boasted a bigger whole capability than DESRI’s San Juan venture, with a nameplate capability of 1.8GW, its closing working unit had a capability of round 555MW, so its substitute with the San Juan venture will solely decrease the area’s whole energy capability by round 150MW. DESRI, and others within the photo voltaic sector, shall be optimistic that this slight discount in whole capability is justified by the transition from coal to a renewable energy supply.
“As a capability substitute for a retired coal generator, the venture is a vital a part of New Mexico’s transition to state-of-the-art, cost-effective renewable power, firmed by battery storage,” stated DESRI chief industrial officer Thomas de Swardt. “We deeply recognize the partnership of PNM, San Juan County, the San Juan Citizen’s Alliance, the venture’s lenders and quite a few different stakeholders and supporters in the neighborhood in reaching this milestone.”
The corporate is growing a number of massive solar-plus-storage initiatives throughout the US lined by Vitality-Storage.information, together with a bigger venture with a 600MWh BESS in New Mexico, and a 400MWh one in California.
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