San Diego Community Power (SDCP), a community choice aggregator serving five cities in the San Diego region, has signed a power-purchase agreement (PPA) with an affiliate of RAI Energy International, a global renewable energy development company based in Northern California’s Silicon Valley, for a solar and battery energy storage project located in Imperial County, Calif.
The project, known as Vikings Energy Farm, is an integrated 100-megawatt solar photovoltaic energy project that includes up to 150 megawatts of battery energy storage. The project will provide SDCP with a 20-year supply of renewable energy and will help power the equivalent of 50,000 homes.
“We are thrilled to be delivering on our promise to invest in projects that deliver more renewable energy to our customers and support regional jobs and economic development,” said Joe Mosca, Encinitas, Calif., councilmember and chair of the SDCP board. “The Vikings Energy Farm project will provide clean en