Salt River Project (SRP) and Flatland Storage, a subsidiary of EDP Renewables North America (EDPR NA) have entered into an agreement to provide 200 MW of new energy storage to Arizona’s grid. The Flatland Energy Storage Project will be a 200-MW/800-MWh battery energy storage system located near Coolidge, Arizona. The project will use Tesla lithium-ion battery energy storage systems.
Scheduled to be online in 2025, the facility will have enough capacity to power up to 45,000 homes for four hours during peak electricity demand periods. The batteries will absorb excess energy when customer demand is lower and store it for use during times of peak demand.
“Battery energy storage is an essential piece of SRP’s plan to decarbonize our portfolio and maximize the amount of renewable energy delivered to our customers,” said Bobby Olsen, SRP associate general manager and chief planning, strategy and sustainability executive.
This is SRP’s second project in partnership with EDPR NA. The first, Brittlebush Solar Park, provides 200 MW of solar energy to SRP customers. The Flatland Energy Storage Project is located within the Brittlebush Solar Park. The location will allow the battery to store energy from the grid or from the solar facility to best match the output to times of highest customer demand.
“We’re excited to be partnering with SRP on the largest utility-scale storage project in the EDP Group’s global portfolio to date,” said Sandhya Ganapathy, CEO of EDP Renewables North America. “Storage is key to modernizing the US power grid and is a requisite in accelerating the adoption of renewable energy, while boosting grid reliability and resiliency.”
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