Ørsted and Salt River Undertaking (SRP) have commenced operations on the Eleven Mile Photo voltaic Heart, a 300 MW photo voltaic mission and 300 MW battery power storage system (BESS) in Pinal County, Ariz.
The middle is SRP’s largest co-located photo voltaic and BESS mission, offering energy to companies, houses and Meta’s knowledge middle in Mesa, Ariz.
“Photo voltaic power paired with battery power storage might be essential to the dependable supply of energy because the demand for electrical energy grows,” says David Hardy, group EVP and CEO Americas at Ørsted.
“Arizona has one of many highest progress charges of electrical energy within the nation because of the surge in knowledge facilities and the reshoring of American manufacturing. With our first mission in Arizona now full, we’re thrilled to assist meet the rising demand of the state and area with dependable, home power.”
Ørsted supported American corporations, equivalent to First Photo voltaic, Fluence and NEXTracker, in procuring panels, batteries and monitoring tools and for the mission.
With the addition of Eleven Mile, SRP has 3,000 MW of power, together with 1,400 MW of photo voltaic. It additionally has 1,300 MW of battery and pumped hydro storage supporting its grid.
