Gemini Solar β€οΈπŸ“ŠπŸ‘€

Status
operation
Country / State / Closest City
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ usa / nevada / Las Vegas
Dates
First heard 2020-09
Construction start
Operation start 2024-03
Estimated start 2023Q4
Construction time
Capacity in MWh
1400
Maximum Power in MW
380
Manufacturer
Type / Number of Packs / Cells
/ /
Customer / Owner / Developer
/ Gemini Solar /
Use case
690MW solar farm support
Link to google maps satellite view
http://maps.google.com/maps?z=19&t=k&q=loc:36.474167+-114.784706
Coordinates
36.474167, -114.784706
βœ… Coords are exact (+/- 50m)
Notes
from the planning docs, it seems battery containers will be split out across the solar farm, that is why the location was set to exact
Project website
https://www.primergysolar.com/portfolio
Sources
https://www.energy-storage.news/us-dept-of-interior-approves-690mw-nevada-solar-plant-with-1400mwh-energy-storage-component/
https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/100498/570
Internal / External id
105 / 63352

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 2024-07 report (Project first appeared in the 2020-09 report):

Plant Name / State
Gemini Solar / NV
go live / power
2024-03 / 380MW
status / status verbose
operation / operation
Plant id / generator id
63352 / ARPV1
Entity name / entity id
Gemini Solar / 63117
Changes:
2024-05
status: construction -> operation 🍾 πŸŽ‰ 🍸
status_verbose: (U) Under construction, less than or equal to 50 percent complete -> operation
2024-04
date: 2024-02 -> 2024-03 delayed by 1 month
2024-01
date: 2023-11 -> 2024-02 delayed by 3 months
2023-01
mw: 280 -> 380