North America's EDF Renewables Operationalises Palen Solar Site With Storage

• The site consists of four projects totaling 620 megawatts (MWdc) of solar PV plus 200 MWh of battery power storage.
• The projects integrated generate enough decarbonized power to meet the consumption of up to 217,000 typical California homes.

EDF Renewables North America (EDFR) has actually revealed that its Palen Solar site is fully functional as well as delivering green power to the grid. The site consists of 4 projects completing 620 megawatts (MWdc) of solar PV plus 200 MWh of battery power storage.

The official declaration of EDF held that the projects, which make use of horizontal single-axis monitoring innovation, are located beside each other on unincorporated land in Riverside County, California. It's carried out by the Federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The BLM designated this area as a Solar Energy Zone (SEZ) and Development Focus Area, land set aside for utility-scale renewable resource development. The 4 projects are: Maverick 1 with a capacity of 173 MWdc (125 MWac), Maverick 4 of 137 MWdc (100 MWac), Maverick 6 of 131 MWdc (100 MWac) plus 200 MWh (50 MW) battery storage, and also Maverick 7 of 179 MWdc (132 MWac).

EDF said that the projects incorporated produce sufficient decarbonized power to meet the consumption of approximately 217,000 typical California homes. This is equivalent to avoiding greater than 1 million statistics lots of CO ₂ discharges each year which represents the greenhouse gas discharges from 227,000 gasoline-powered passenger vehicles driven over the course of one year.

Benoit Rigal, Senior Vice President, Implementation & Projects Management for EDF Renewables North America, stated, "The Maverick projects are the cornerstone of our large-scale solar as well as storage development as well as knowledge. The renewable energy industry has actually experienced substantial volatility over the past years battling both extraordinary pandemic and supply chain constraints. We are excited to now have all four projects running at complete capacity as well as to contribute to California's climate goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 40% listed below 1990 levels by 2030."

EDF Renewables' Asset Optimization team will certainly do procedures and maintenance solutions for the life of the Project. The team will certainly supply NERC conformity support, remote monitoring, and balance-of-plant management to make the most of power manufacturing.

EDF Renewables claims to be one of the largest renewable resource designers in North America and claimed that it is dedicating to providing options to meet California's carbon-reduction objectives. With over 35 years of experience as well as 24 gigawatts of wind, solar, and storage projects created, EDF Renewables North America provides integrated energy solutions from grid-scale power to electric vehicle charging.