AES ES ALAMITOS, LLC πŸ“ŠπŸ‘€

Status
operation
Country / State / Closest City
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ usa / california / Long Beach / Los Angeles
Dates
First heard 2020-09
Construction start 2019-06-01
Operation start 2021-01
Estimated start
Construction time 19 months -> 21 MWh/m
Capacity in MWh
400
Maximum Power in MW
100
Manufacturer
fluence
Type / Number of Packs / Cells
Advancion 5 / /
Customer / Owner / Developer
Southern California Edison (SCE) / AES ES Alamitos, LLC /
Use case
gas peaker plant replacement, 20 year ppa
Link to google maps satellite view
http://maps.google.com/maps?z=19&t=k&q=loc:33.770365+-118.101597
Coordinates
33.770365, -118.101597
βœ… Coords are exact (+/- 50m)
Notes

Project website
Sources
https://blog.fluenceenergy.com/aes-fluence-commission-alamitos-energy-storage-facility-long-beach-california
https://blog.fluenceenergy.com/fluence-aes-alamitos-battery-energy-storage-system-made-history
https://www.energy-storage.news/battery-storage-as-peaking-capacity-how-alamitos-changed-the-game-for-california/
Internal / External id
46 / 61204

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 2022-02 report (Project first appeared in the 2020-09 report):

Plant Name / State
AES ES ALAMITOS, LLC / CA
go live / power
2021-01 / 100MW
status / status verbose
operation / operation
Plant id / generator id
61204 / ALMTS
Entity name / entity id
AES ES Alamitos, LLC / 62160
Changes:
2021-03
status: construction -> operation 🍾 πŸŽ‰ 🍸
status_verbose: (V) Under construction, more than 50 percent complete -> operation