Enel starts building of firm's second North American solar-storage project

• Enel Green Power has broken ground on its 2nd North American solar-plus-storage project as it remains to increase its US renewables fleet and intends to strike 1GW of released battery storage space in two years.

Located west of the Dallas-Fort Worth area in Haskell County, Texas, the 284MW Azure Sky project will certainly feature 700,000 bifacial panels and also be coupled with an 81MW battery. It is expected to be operational by summer season 2021.

Enel has actually signed a power purchase arrangement with The Home Depot for a 75MW section of the project, an offer that represents the retailer's biggest renewable resource purchase.

"This project is testament to the strength of the energy shift sustained by development and a consistent appetite for renewable energy from industrial customers," said Salvatore Bernabei, newly appointed CEO of Enel Green Power.

The groundbreaking comes after Enel revealed its very first United States solar-storage hybrid project in July together with strategies to set up 1GW of battery storage capability across the company's sustainable profile in the nation by 2022.

With its North American "energetic development technique", Enel Green Power is likewise intending to set up around 1GW of brand-new utility-scale solar and wind projects in the United States and also Canada yearly until 2022.

The firm last month completed the 2nd stage of its Roadrunner solar plant, which has currently enhanced its capacity to 497MW to become the largest PV facility in Texas, bringing the company's operating profile to greater than 6GW of sustainable capacity in North America.