California PV-storage project inks offtake

May 11, 2021 07:41 PM ET
  • DCE will purchase all of the energy created from the Deer Creek 50MW solar plus 200MWh battery project
California PV-storage project inks offtake
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Desert Community Energy (DCE) as well as Vesper Energy have entered into a 20-year power acquisition agreement for solar energy as well as battery storage in The golden state.

DCE will certainly acquire all of the energy produced from the Deer Creek 50MW Solar plus 200 megawatt-hour storage project.

The Deer Creek Solar + Storage project, in Tulare County, is arranged to begin construction in 2022 and also be completed in 2023.

This is the initial solar plus battery storage contract became part of by DCE.

The arrangement will assist DCE fulfill a primary objective of providing carbon-free energy to its clients in the City of Palm Springs.

DCE additionally just recently signed three contracts for wind energy produced in Palm Springs.

The Deer Creek Solar + Storage project will create nearly 190,000 MWh annually in its first year of procedure.

The battery storage part will permit the solar power to be saved as well as released at the time the power is most needed by the grid, such as during the night peak, supplying much needed dependability as well as solar combination to the grid as well as "considerable monetary value" to DCE.

"We are really pleased to be working with Desert Community Energy on this innovative project to provide clean, carbon-free energy to their consumers for decades to come," claimed Vesper Energy CEO, Craig Carson.


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