The largest solar and battery storage facility in the US, Edwards & Sanborn, has broken ground in Kern County, California
Edwards & Sanborn is located on 4,660 acres in the Mojave Desert and is owned and operated by Terra-Gen. The project includes 875 megawatts (MW) of solar power and 3,320 megawatt hours (MWh) of energy storage.
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The project is located on both private land and land owned by Edwards Air Force Base. The project’s contractor, Mortensen , says this is the largest public-private partnership the U.S. Air Force has ever participated in . The project features 1.9 million First Solar photovoltaic panels and 120,720 connected energy storage batteries from LG Chem, Samsung and BYD, spanning a distance of 400 miles.
In total, Edwards & Sanborn produces 875 MWdc of solar energy and has 3,287 megawatt hours of energy storage, with a total interconnection capacity of 1,300 MW.
This project supplies electricity to the city of San Jose in Southern California. Pacific Gas & Electric Co., the Clean Power Alliance and Starbucks, among others, are participating.
Brian Gorda, vice president of engineering at Terra-Gen, said: “This facility is now fully operational and is an industry-transforming project, providing grid.”
Source: electrek.co
