Salt River Venture (SRP) and Flatland Storage LLC, a subsidiary of EDP Renewables North America LLC (EDPR NA), have entered into an settlement to offer 200 MW of recent power storage to Arizona’s grid.
The Flatland Vitality Storage Venture will likely be a 200-MW/800-MWh battery power storage system positioned close to Coolidge, Arizona. The mission will make the most of lithium-ion expertise, designed and manufactured within the U.S. by Tesla. Scheduled to be on-line in 2025, the ability could have sufficient capability to energy as much as 45,000 properties for 4 hours throughout peak electrical energy demand durations. The batteries will soak up extra power when buyer demand is decrease and retailer it to be used throughout occasions of peak demand. As well as, Flatland will save greater than 169 million gallons of water annually in comparison with conventional power dispatched onto the grid.
“Battery power storage is a vital piece of SRP’s plan to decarbonize our portfolio and maximize the quantity of renewable power delivered to our clients,” mentioned Bobby Olsen, SRP Affiliate Normal Supervisor and Chief Planning, Technique and Sustainability Govt. “The Flatland Vitality Storage Venture will assist us meet the growing power demand of one of many quickest rising areas of the nation.”
Flatland Vitality Storage Venture is ready to offer important advantages to the native regional economic system, with a capital funding of over $271 million, and an extra $7 million paid to native governments within the type of tax funds. Thousands and thousands of {dollars} may also be spent supporting native small companies in the course of the lifetime of the mission, which is able to create 60 building jobs and host two everlasting operations positions upon completion. As well as, Flatland is being seen as contributing to nationwide power safety for the state of Arizona, in addition to the broader U.S., serving to diversify home energy provide.
That is SRP’s second mission in partnership with EDPR NA. The primary, Brittlebush Photo voltaic Park, offers 200 MW of photo voltaic power to SRP clients. The Flatland Vitality Storage Venture is positioned throughout the Brittlebush Photo voltaic Park. The situation will enable the battery to retailer power from the grid or from the photo voltaic facility to greatest match the output to occasions of highest buyer demand.
“We’re excited to be partnering with SRP on the most important utility-scale storage mission within the EDP Group’s international portfolio thus far,” added Sandhya Ganapathy, CEO of EDP Renewables North America. “Storage is vital to modernizing the US energy grid and is a requisite in accelerating the adoption of renewable power, whereas boosting grid reliability and resiliency.”
SRP was an early adopter of battery storage expertise, which helps the group meet rising peak demand and enhances agency sources like versatile pure gasoline to take care of dependable and inexpensive energy for patrons.
SRP is constant to develop and deploy protected, cost-effective storage expertise as a part of the corporate’s dedication to decreasing carbon depth (from 2005 ranges) by 82 % by 2035 and reaching web zero carbon emissions by 2050.
By means of its Built-in System Plan, SRP discovered it might want to at the very least double the variety of producing sources on its energy system within the subsequent 10 years to satisfy growing power demand within the Phoenix metropolitan space because it strikes ahead with the deliberate retirement of 1,300 MW of coal sources.
SRP at the moment has practically 1,300 MW of storage and practically 3,000 megawatts of carbon-free sources on-line and serving clients. SRP additionally has considerably extra photo voltaic power and storage capability underneath growth, which, when operational by 2028, will make practically half of SRP’s era carbon free.
—POWER edited this content material, which was provided by EDP Renewables North America.
