esVolta, a developer and owner of utility-scale energy storage projects across North America, has been selected to deliver a new lithium ion battery energy storage system for California Choice Energy Authority (CalChoice).
CalChoice is a hybrid joint powers authority made up of five operational community choice aggregations (CCAs) in the Sourthern California municipalities of Apple Valley, Lancaster, Pico Rivera, Rancho Mirage and San Jacinto.
Under the new contract, esVolta will develop, build and operate the Black Walnut Energy Storage project, a 15-megawatt (60-megawatt hour) facility to be built in Santa Paula, Calif. The project is slated to be in service by June 2022.
The Black Walnut project was selected by CalChoice to provide incremental resource adequacy to help ensure sufficient capacity to meet anticipated load growth for each member CCA. The project also will provide an array of energy and ancillary services to the electric grid, facilitating Califo
