EDF Renewables North America has signed a 22-year power-purchase agreement (PPA) with NV Energy for a 200-megawatt solar photovoltaic project coupled with a 180-megawatt, four-hour battery storage system.
“The battery and solar system work together to provide more energy during the summer evening peak hours, when system needs are the greatest. NV Energy can utilize the battery at their discretion in all months of the year, allowing mitigation of demand spikes,” said Ian Black, vice president, West region development at EDF Renewables North America.
The Chuckwalla Solar+Storage project expects to come online by the end of 2023 and deliver enough clean electricity annually to power 45,000 average Nevada homes.
The project is located on the Moapa Band of Paiute Indians Reservation, 35 miles northeast of Las Vegas in Clark County, Nev. The project will benefit the Moapa Tribe and local community over its operating life through land lease, tax and other payments
