Leeward Renewable Vitality (LRE) has introduced that its 88-MW/352 MWh Chaparral Springs Battery Vitality Storage System is now totally operational in Kern County, California. Designed to strengthen grid reliability and ship versatile, dispatchable energy, the BESS is a part of a broader, multi-phase initiative that additionally features a 174-MW photo voltaic facility — each developed, owned and operated by LRE. With extra tasks slated to come back on-line within the coming months, LRE is increasing its California portfolio to assist meet the state’s rising demand for dependable, clear vitality.
Chaparral Springs BESS is a four-hour vitality storage system designed to retailer photo voltaic vitality throughout low-demand intervals or when photo voltaic manufacturing exceeds grid capability. This saved vitality will be dispatched throughout peak demand or when photo voltaic is unavailable, enhancing general grid stability and adaptability. The vitality generated will serve Peninsula Clear Vitality and Valley Clear Vitality below two 15-year PPAs.
“We’re proud to accomplice with the Peninsula Clear Vitality and the Valley Clear Vitality in bringing Chaparral Springs BESS on-line,” stated Willem van der Ven, chief working officer at LRE. “This challenge underscores our continued dedication to serving to meet California’s rising demand for clear, dependable and inexpensive vitality. BESS applied sciences play an important function in enabling the broader deployment of utility-scale renewables by delivering clear energy when it’s wanted most. Our investments throughout the nation replicate the rising want for a various, secure vitality infrastructure that reinforces grid reliability and meets evolving vitality calls for.”
As a part of its ongoing dedication to environmental stewardship, LRE signed an settlement with the Nationwide Audubon Society and Kern Audubon Society to contribute $150,000 towards analysis and conservation efforts for the Swainson’s Hawk within the Antelope Valley.
“We’re excited to have Chaparral Springs come on-line as one among our first hybrid photo voltaic + storage tasks,” stated Peninsula Clear Vitality CEOShawn Marshall. “Our prospects will profit from the solar energy it generates, together with the added capability and reliability that comes with the battery element of the challenge.”
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