A Huge $2 Billion 'Solar + Storage' Project in California Powers Up (electrek.co)
(Sunday August 10, 2025 @11:34AM (EditorDavid)
from the outlook-is-sunny dept.)
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- News link: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/08/09/040219/a-huge-2-billion-solar--storage-project-in-california-powers-up
- Source link: https://electrek.co/2025/08/07/solar-storage-project-california-arevon-eland/
One of America's largest solar + battery storage projects "is now fully online in Mojave, California," [1]reports Electrek :
> Arevon Energy's Eland Solar-plus-Storage Project combines 758 megawatts (MWdc) of solar with 300 MW/1,200 megawatt hours of battery storage. Eland 1 reached commercial operation in December 2024, and Eland 2 recently commenced full operation. The two combined comprise 1.36 million solar panels and 172 lithium iron phosphate batteries (LFP). Combined, the Eland 1 & 2 projects will be able to power more than 266,000 homes annually, and overall, can provide 7% of the total electricity requirements for the city of Los Angeles. "Arevon's Eland Solar-plus-Storage Project alone will ... push the city's clean energy share above 60%, a major milestone in LA's transition to being powered by 100% clean energy by 2035," said Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. Eland 1 & 2 created around 1,000 jobs to construct the project, and it's expected to disburse more than $36 million in local government payments throughout its lifetime.
The article points out that Arevon Energy "has more than 4,500 MW of solar and battery storage projects operating across 17 states — and more than 6 GW of new projects in its pipeline."
[1] https://electrek.co/2025/08/07/solar-storage-project-california-arevon-eland/
> Arevon Energy's Eland Solar-plus-Storage Project combines 758 megawatts (MWdc) of solar with 300 MW/1,200 megawatt hours of battery storage. Eland 1 reached commercial operation in December 2024, and Eland 2 recently commenced full operation. The two combined comprise 1.36 million solar panels and 172 lithium iron phosphate batteries (LFP). Combined, the Eland 1 & 2 projects will be able to power more than 266,000 homes annually, and overall, can provide 7% of the total electricity requirements for the city of Los Angeles. "Arevon's Eland Solar-plus-Storage Project alone will ... push the city's clean energy share above 60%, a major milestone in LA's transition to being powered by 100% clean energy by 2035," said Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. Eland 1 & 2 created around 1,000 jobs to construct the project, and it's expected to disburse more than $36 million in local government payments throughout its lifetime.
The article points out that Arevon Energy "has more than 4,500 MW of solar and battery storage projects operating across 17 states — and more than 6 GW of new projects in its pipeline."
[1] https://electrek.co/2025/08/07/solar-storage-project-california-arevon-eland/
summary is notable (Score:2)
> 758 megawatts (MWdc) of solar with 300 MW/1,200 megawatt hours of battery storage.
This is notable for having electrical measurements that actually make sense. I don't know how that happened.
Re: (Score:1)
I agree. I looked for football fields and Library of Congress references and saw none. I'm so confused...