One of the US’s largest solar + battery storage projects is now fully online in Mojave, California. Arevon Energy’s Eland Solar-plus-Storage Project combines 758 megawatts (MWdc) of solar with 300 MW/1,200 megawatt hours of battery storage.
Eland 1 reached commercial operation in December 2024, and Eland 2 recently commenced full operation. The two combined comprise 1.36 million solar panels and 172 lithium iron phosphate batteries (LFP).
Combined, the Eland 1 & 2 projects will be able to power more than 266,000 homes annually, and overall, can provide 7% of the total electricity requirements for the city of Los Angeles.
“Arevon’s Eland Solar-plus-Storage Project alone will … push the city’s clean energy share above 60%, a major milestone in LA’s transition to being powered by 100% clean energy by 2035,” said Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass.
Eland 1 & 2 created around 1,000 jobs to construct the project, and it’s expected to disburse more than $36 million in local government payments throughout its lifetime.
Arevon’s Eland is under a long-term power purchase agreement with Southern California Public Power Authority, which will administer the contract for two of its members, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and Glendale Water and Power. San Diego-headquartered SOLV Energy led the engineering, procurement, and construction activities for the project.
Top comment by Grant
There is an abundance of unused land out west perfect for solar. The irrigation canals need shade as well. With the price of solar these days, just build solar farms as fast as possible please.
As for renewable energy developer Arevon Energy, the company behind Eland 1 and 2, it’s got more than 4,500 MW of solar and battery storage projects operating across 17 states and more than 6 GW of new projects in its pipeline.
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