Projects
Utah’s largest solar project comes to coal country
 The Salt Lake Tribune – October 27
A Utah company has announced an agreement with PacifiCorp to build the state’s largest solar farm and battery storage facility in the heart of Utah’s coal country. rPlus Energies and Rocky Mountain Power parent PacifiCorp signed an agreement for PacifiCorp to purchase the power generated by a 400 MW solar farm and associated 200 MW battery storage facility.
Sempra, Silicon Valley Power sign PPA with Santa Clara for Cimarrón wind farm
North American Windpower – October 27
Sempra Infrastructure and Silicon Valley Power have entered into a 20-year power purchase agreement for the long-term supply of renewable energy to the City of Santa Clara from the proposed Cimarrón wind project, Sempra Infrastructure’s cross-border 300 MW wind generation facility under development in Baja California, Mexico.
Visalia sparks plans for a new battery energy storage facility
The Sun Gazette – October 28
Tulare County is looking to expand renewable energy options in Visalia. The Tulare County Planning Commission approved a special use permit for 4 Creeks ESS, LLC to allow a lithium-ion battery energy storage facility east of Visalia at their October 26 meeting. The storage facility is capable of delivering 500 MW of energy for up to 12 hours.
L.A. battery storage projects add grid capacity, reliability to region
Environment + Energy Leader – October 31
A battery storage project that will help increase grid resilience and further state and federal energy targets is being planned for the Los Angeles area. The project will be a part of an acquisition by GridStor of multiple battery storage developments already underway. The developments have a capacity of 500 MW and 2 GWh, and the battery storage sites are being built in urban locations near existing power lines and substations, which will allow the batteries to be quickly connected to the electric grid.
Salt River Project to add two utility-scale battery projects
Power Engineering – October 31
Arizona-based municipal utility Salt River Project signed contracts with Plus Power to bring online two battery storage systems with a total combined output of 340 MW by early summer 2024. The first project, called Sierra Estrella, will be a 250 MW/1 GWh storage system located in Avondale. The second, Superstition, will be a 90 MW/360 MWh system located in Gilbert. Both would be owned and operated by a subsidiary of Plus Power.
Xcel Energy’s Unaweep pumped-storage hydro project receives preliminary nod from FERC
The Colorado Sun – November 1
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Tuesday accepted Xcel Energy’s application for a preliminary permit to study a pumped-storage hydropower project in Unaweep Canyon, Colorado. The preliminary permit is the first step in a years-long process of scoping and planning that will include many public meetings with residents of the canyon, several of whom will lose their homes and properties if the project is developed.
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