Monday, September 16, 2019

Los Angeles Approves Deal For Massive Solar, Battery Plant In Mojave

The City of Los Angeles has approved a massive, solar-and-battery in the Mojave Desert, which is expected to meet 6 to 7 percent of the city's electricity needs--including being able to supply power for four hours each night from a massive bank of batteries. The new project, which was approved last week, will supply the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power with up to 400MW of clean energy, with enough capacity to store 300MW/1200Mwh of energy at night. The new Eland solar-and-battery project will use lithium-ion batteries, and will cost less than 2 cents per kWh. The developer of the project, 8minute Energy, says the new Eland project will start operations in 2022, and be fully operational in 2023; the project is on 2,000 acres of desert, which 8minute says was "previously disturbed". Image: a similar, solar energy and battery storage project run by 8minute in Nevada.