California Community Choice Aggregators sign contracts for 778MW of renewables as well as 118.75 MW of storage space

• Community Choice Aggregators (CCA) Central Coast Community Energy (CCCE) and Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE) have actually authorized contracts for 778MW of renewable resource generation and also 118.75 MW of energy storage in California.

The joint agreements consist of one solar farm, three solar-plus-storage possessions and also one wind power project. The solar and also solar-plus-storage projects are brand-new builds that will certainly include new capability to serve the CCA's 670,000 consumers.

"CCCE as well as SVCE's joint purchase of 778 MW of clean electrical power as well as 118.75 MW of storage, the majority of which is new capability, exhibits the value CCAs are supplying as they spur the development of green jobs and also economic development throughout California," stated Beth Vaughan, executive supervisor of the California Community Choice Association (CalCCA).

In addition to the joint procurement, the two firms authorized specific contracts for two different projects. CCCE authorized a power purchase arrangement (PPA) with Idemitsu Renewables for 70MW of solar and 17.5 MW of battery storage from the Jasmine project in Kern County, while SVCE signed an agreement with Terra-Gen to obtain 77.7 MW of wind energy from three existing wind centers in Kern County.

With each other, CCCE and also SVCE have actually authorized 12 power contracts totalling 1,470 MW at a cost of US$ 2.77 billion.

Both companies are also part of efforts to acquire 500MW of long-duration storage space with 7 various other CCAs via California Community Power.

The most up to date lasting agreements are a result of the Request for Offers (RFO) collectively provided by the CCA agencies in 2019 and 2020.