The sprawling Mojave desert facility will provide the city with cheaper, cleaner energy, officials say.
The solar plant will provide for 7% of Los Angeles's electricity needs. : Los Angeles’s public utility struck a deal on Tuesday with developer 8Minute Renewables to build the largest solar and battery energy storage system in the U.S., which officials and environmental activists say will provide the city with cheaper and cleaner energy as a state law mandates it have 100% renewable energy by 2045.
The sprawling Eland Solar and Storage Center will be able to capture solar energy during the day and store it so it can be distributed at night or on cloudy days. The city estimates the facility will be able to power 283,330 homes across Los Angeles, making up 7% of the city’s total electricity needs.
San Francisco-based 8Minute Renewables agreed to have the plant, which will be located in the Mojave desert in Kern County, California, up and running no later than Dec. 31, 2023.It is unclear how much the city is paying 8Minute Renewables for the project. The solar power and energy storage is priced at 3.3 cents per kilowatt-hour, a record low for this type of contract, the: State law mandates that California get its energy from 100% renewable sources by 2045. Los Angeles already gets 31% from clean sources. With the Eland plant, that number would go up to about 38%.
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