An Arizona-based energy developer, owner, and operator of power generation projects said one of its major solar-plus-storage facilities has entered full commercial operation in California.
Arevon Energy on August 7 held a ceremony to celebrate completion of the second phase of the Eland Solar-plus-Storage Project, located near Mojave in Kern County. The two-phase Eland installation has a total generation capacity of 758 MW, and is paired with 300 MW/1,200 MWh of energy storage. The facility, one of the largest such installations built to date in the U.S., represents an investment of more than $2 billion.
Officials on Thursday said Eland phases 1 and 2 can provide as much as 7% of the total electricity requirements for Los Angeles. Eland 1 reached commercial operation at the end of last year. The two phases together include 1.36-million solar panels, along with 172 lithium iron phosphate batteries, or LFP, batteries.
“We are building a greener Los Angeles. Arevon’s Eland Solar-plus-Storage Project alone will generate enough power to serve more than 266,000 homes in Los Angeles and push the city’s clean energy share above 60%, a major milestone in L.A.’s transition to being powered by 100% clean energy by 2035,” said Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. “This is L.A.’s clean energy future … I want to thank LADWP [Los Angeles Dept. of Water and Power], Arevon, and all of the partners who made this occasion possible.”