Dry Lake Solar Energy Center 📊👤

Status

operation

Country / State / Closest City

🇺🇸 usa / nevada / Clark County

Dates

Capacity in MWh

400

Maximum Power in MW

100

Manufacturer

Type / Number of Packs / Cells

/ /

Customer / Owner / Developer

/ Nevada Power Co / NV Energy

Use case

150mw solar farm support

Link to google maps satellite view

http://maps.google.com/maps?z=19&t=k&q=loc:36.419928+-114.895856

Coordinates

36.419928, -114.895856
✅ Coords are exact (+/- 50m)

Notes

in the planning doc, they list 3 BESS options, picked option 1 for the coordinates (but might be wrong)

Project website

Sources

https://www.energy-storage.news/trio-of-solar-project-approvals-brings-nevada-utility-nv-energy-up-to-1000mw-storage-target/
https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2000468/510

Internal / External id

108 / 63933

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

Dry Lake Solar Energy Center / NV

go live / power

2024-05 / 100MW

status / status verbose

operation / operation

Plant id / generator id

63933 / DLES1

Entity name / entity id

Nevada Power Co / 13407

Changes:
2024-07
status: construction -> operation 🍾 🎉 🍸
status_verbose: (TS) Construction complete, but not yet in commercial operation -> operation
2024-06
date: 2024-04 -> 2024-05 delayed by 1 month
2024-05
date: 2024-03 -> 2024-04 delayed by 1 month
2024-02
status_verbose: (V) Under construction, more than 50 percent complete -> (TS) Construction complete, but not yet in commercial operation
date: 2023-12 -> 2024-03 delayed by 3 months
2023-12
status_verbose: (U) Under construction, less than or equal to 50 percent complete -> (V) Under construction, more than 50 percent complete
2023-02
status: planning -> construction 🏗️
status_verbose: (L) Regulatory approvals pending. Not under construction -> (U) Under construction, less than or equal to 50 percent complete
2020-12
entity id: 63603 -> 13407
entity name: Nevada Power Company DBA NV Energy -> Nevada Power Co