$1 Billion Solar and Battery Storage Project Breaks Ground In Utah
(Monday September 23, 2024 @11:30PM (BeauHD)
from the go-big-or-go-home dept.)
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- News link: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/09/23/2327225/1-billion-solar-and-battery-storage-project-breaks-ground-in-utah
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rPlus Energies has [1]broken ground on a $1 billion solar + battery storage project in east-central Utah. Electrek reports:
> The [2]Green River Energy Center in Emery County, Utah, is a 400-megawatt (MW) solar and 400 MW/1,600-megawatt-hour battery storage project that will supply power to western electric utility PacifiCorp under a power purchase agreement. EliTe Solar is supplying solar panels, and Tesla is providing battery storage. Sundt Construction is the engineering, procurement, and construction contractor for the project. Securing over $1 billion in construction debt financing in July, the Green River project is [3]expected to create around 500 jobs. Salt Lake City-based rPlus Energies gives the target completion date as 2026.
[1] https://electrek.co/2024/09/23/a-1-billion-solar-battery-storage-project-just-broke-ground-in-utah/
[2] https://www.rplusenergies.com/green-river-energy-center
[3] https://www.power-technology.com/news/rplus-energies-construction-utah/
> The [2]Green River Energy Center in Emery County, Utah, is a 400-megawatt (MW) solar and 400 MW/1,600-megawatt-hour battery storage project that will supply power to western electric utility PacifiCorp under a power purchase agreement. EliTe Solar is supplying solar panels, and Tesla is providing battery storage. Sundt Construction is the engineering, procurement, and construction contractor for the project. Securing over $1 billion in construction debt financing in July, the Green River project is [3]expected to create around 500 jobs. Salt Lake City-based rPlus Energies gives the target completion date as 2026.
[1] https://electrek.co/2024/09/23/a-1-billion-solar-battery-storage-project-just-broke-ground-in-utah/
[2] https://www.rplusenergies.com/green-river-energy-center
[3] https://www.power-technology.com/news/rplus-energies-construction-utah/