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The biggest solar-plus-storage project in the US just came online
The new California installation has nearly 2 million solar panels, more than 120,000 batteries, and an enormous amount of clean energy capacity.
The sprawling megaproject stretches across 4,600 acres in Kern County and is located on private land as well as the Edwards Air Force Base. The batteries will be used for a variety of applications, including bulk storage to provide firm power through the evening, as well as other grid services. Bergland, a veteran developer, said that this is “probably the most complex project” he’s worked on — given its size, the large workforce, three separate interconnects to the grid, the combination of solar and storage technologies and vendors, and the variety of offtake agreements.
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