Cross Town Energy Storage πŸ“ŠπŸ‘€

Status
construction
Country / State / Closest City
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ usa / maine / Gorham
Dates
First heard 2023-05
Construction start 2024-04
Operation start
Estimated start 2025-08
Construction time
Capacity in MWh
350
Maximum Power in MW
175
Manufacturer
tesla
Type / Number of Packs / Cells
megapack / /
Customer / Owner / Developer
/ Cross Town Energy Storage LLC / Plus Power
Use case
Link to google maps satellite view
http://maps.google.com/maps?z=19&t=k&q=loc:43.68383+-70.39786
Coordinates
43.68383, -70.39786
βœ… Coords are exact (+/- 50m)
Notes
pretty sure the coords are correct from the rendered image and the substation found on cross town trail via google maps
got the info about tesla from twitter thread as all plus power project seem to be tesla
Project website
https://www.crosstownenergystorage.com/about
Sources
https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/plus-power-breaks-open-new-england-market-for-massive-batteries
https://twitter.com/SharifaDarani/status/1612314447074439168
Internal / External id
114 / 66606

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 2024-06 report (Project first appeared in the 2023-05 report):

Plant Name / State
Cross Town Energy Storage / ME
go live / power
2025-08 / 175MW
status / status verbose
construction / (U) Under construction, less than or equal to 50 percent complete
Plant id / generator id
66606 / CROS1
Entity name / entity id
Cross Town Energy Storage LLC / 65639
Changes:
2024-04
status: planning -> construction πŸ—οΈ
status_verbose: (P) Planned for installation, but regulatory approvals not initiated -> (U) Under construction, less than or equal to 50 percent complete
date: 2025-03 -> 2025-08 delayed by 5 months