567.5 MW combined capacity energy storage projects in California awaits CPUC approval
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has received applications for the planned energy storage facilities located in Califronia, USA. The projects use lithium-ion battery technology. The projects are:
- 300 MW Vistra Moss Landing energy storage facility
- 75 MW Hummingbird energy storage facility near the city of Morgan Hill
- 10 MW mNOC AERS energy storage in South Bay – Moss Landing
- 182.5 MW Moss Landing energy storage
The Vistra Moss Landing project of the Vistra Energy has a 20-year resource adequacy contract with local utility Pacific Gas and Electric Co (PG&E). If CPUC approval is secured, Vistra expects to launch commercial operations at the facility by the closing quarter of 2020.
PG&E expects all of the facilities to be commissioned by end-2020. The first one will be put on stream by the end of next year.
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