Construction starts on 100-MW California solar + storage project

• Construction has actually started on the Rabbitbrush Solar project situated in Kern County, California. Leeward Renewable Energy is developing the project and also authorized 2 15-year power purchase agreements with Central Coast Community Energy (CCCE) and Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE).

McCarthy Building Companies is managing EPC solutions for the 100-MW Rabbitbrush facility, which likewise includes a 20-MW/50-MWh battery energy storage space system-- reinforcing the resiliency and also integrity of the California energy grid. The project will certainly consist of over 415,000 First Solar thin-film solar modules.

" Starting construction on the Rabbitbrush center is a monumental landmark for Leeward and is the very first solar project we have constructed considering that integrating Very first Solar's solar advancement system in early 2021, with a lot more ahead," claimed Jason Allen, CEO of Leeward. "We are proud to partner with not-for-profit, community-owned electrical power suppliers SVCE as well as CCCE to deliver clean, reliable sustainable power to their consumers and also play a key role beforehand California's zero-carbon energy goals."

The project is anticipated to develop about 300 brand-new union jobs safeguarded under a project labor agreement, during building, as well as lasting procedures jobs. When totally operational, Rabbitbrush will certainly produce adequate clean solar energy to offer the requirements of nearly 40,000 homes each year.

" With our shared dedication to environmental requirements as we increase California's tidy energy transition, we are excited to partner with Leeward and Silicon Valley Clean Energy on the California Rabbitbrush Solar Project," shares Tom Habashi, CEO of Central Coast Community Energy. "This solar + storage space project reaffirms CCCE's goal of sourcing renewable energy in support of the Central Coast."

Building and construction on the Rabbitbrush Solar Project is anticipated to be completed by end of July 2022 and also the facility is approximated to start procedure by the end of August 2022.

" This project will certainly add significantly to displacing greenhouse gas discharges while providing clean energy jobs to Californians," said Girish Balachandran, SVCE CEO. "Leeward and SVCE's vision for this project line up very closely with our goal of offering communities with economical, sustainable power, while additionally helping to accurately transition to a tidy grid."

CCCE and SVCE are California Community Choice Aggregators (CCAs), acquiring clean, sustainable electrical power and providing decarbonization program funding to 670,000 customers. As a new solar + storage space facility, the Rabbitbrush project will certainly assist the CCAs accomplish their part of a current order for the state to develop at the very least 11.5 GW of new resources by 2026.