Leeward Renewable Energy (LRE) has announced that its 88 MW/352 MWH Chaparral Springs Battery Energy Storage System is now fully operational in Kern County, California. Designed to strengthen the reliability of the schedule and to deliver flexible, passable power, the Bess is part of a wider, multi-phase initiative that also includes a 174-MW solar facility developed, owned by and managed by LRE. With extra projects that will be online in the coming months, LRE is expanding his Californian portfolio to help meet the growing demand of the state for reliable, clean energy.
Chaparral Springs Bess is a four-hour energy storage system that is designed to store solar energy during periods with a low question or when the solar production exceeds the grid capacity. This stored energy can be sent during peak demand or when solar energy is not available, which improves overall scheduling stability and flexibility. The energy generated serve clean energy and valley of clean energy under two 15-year-old PPAs.
“We are proud to work with the Clean Energy peninsula and the Valley Clean Energy in bringing Chaparral Springs Bess online,” said Willem van der Ven, Chief Operating Officer at Lre. “This project underlines our continuous dedication to help meet the growing demand from California to clean, reliable and affordable energy. BESS technologies play an essential role in making the broader use of renewable energy sources on utility companies by supplying clean power when it is necessary to provide the growing need for the evoliation of the evolution of the evolution of the evolution of the evolution of the evoliation” “” “”
As part of its continuous dedication to environmental management, LRE has signed an agreement with the National Audubon Society and Kern Audubon Society to contribute $ 150,000 to research and conservation efforts for the Hawk of Swainson in the Antelope Valley.
“We are pleased that Chaparral Springs comes online as one of our first hybrid Solar + storage projects,” said Peninsula Clean Energy Ceoshawn Marshall. “Our customers will benefit from the solar energy that generates it, together with the extra capacity and reliability that is delivered to the battery component of the project.”
News item from Leeward Renewable Energy
