Arroyo Solar Energy Storage Hybrid 📊👤

Status

operation

Country / State / Closest City

🇺🇸 usa / new mexico / McKinley County

Dates

Capacity in MWh

600

Maximum Power in MW

150

Manufacturer

tesla

Type / Number of Packs / Cells

megapack / /

Customer / Owner / Developer

PNM / Arroyo Solar LLC / Affordable Solar

Use case

300MW solar farm support

Link to google maps satellite view

http://maps.google.com/maps?z=19&t=k&q=loc:35.9703+-107.5631

Coordinates

35.9703, -107.5631
✅ Coords are exact (+/- 50m)

Notes

2021 Sep: project acquired by DSRI from Centaurus Renewable Energy
the testimony link has a lot of info
got the location info from the gem wiki

Project website

Sources

https://www.energy-storage.news/new-mexicos-largest-solar-plus-storage-plant-in-utility-coal-retirement-plan-acquired-by-de-shaw/
https://reneweconomy.com.au/new-mexico-utility-to-replace-coal-plant-with-four-solar-and-battery-projects-31989/
https://www.pnmforwardtogether.com/assets/uploads/replacement-plan-filing-july2019/07_Thomas_G_Fallgrenl.pdf
https://www.gem.wiki/Arroyo_Solar_Energy_Storage_Hybrid#cite_note-USEia2022March-1

Internal / External id

101 / 63172

U.S. EIA data

The government data source for this battery is the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/
Info from the 2024-02 report (Project first appeared in the 2020-09 report):

Plant Name / State

Arroyo Solar Energy Storage Hybrid / NM

go live / power

2023-07 / 150MW

status / status verbose

operation / operation

Plant id / generator id

63172 / ARESS

Entity name / entity id

Arroyo Solar LLC / 62921

Changes:
2023-09
status: construction -> operation 🍾 🎉 🍸
status_verbose: (V) Under construction, more than 50 percent complete -> operation
2023-08
date: 2023-06 -> 2023-07 delayed by 1 month
2023-07
date: 2023-05 -> 2023-06 delayed by 1 month
2023-05
date: 2023-04 -> 2023-05 delayed by 1 month
2023-04
date: 2023-02 -> 2023-04 delayed by 2 months
2022-09
status_verbose: (U) Under construction, less than or equal to 50 percent complete -> (V) Under construction, more than 50 percent complete
date: 2022-12 -> 2023-02 delayed by 2 months
2022-07
date: 2022-10 -> 2022-12 delayed by 2 months
2022-06
date: 2022-08 -> 2022-10 delayed by 2 months
2022-01
date: 2022-06 -> 2022-08 delayed by 2 months
2021-10
status: planning -> construction 🏗️
status_verbose: (P) Planned for installation, but regulatory approvals not initiated -> (U) Under construction, less than or equal to 50 percent complete
2021-02
mw: 40 -> 150