Rexford Solar Farm πŸ“ŠπŸ‘€

Status
construction
Country / State / Closest City
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ usa / california / Tulare County
Dates
First heard 2021-06
Construction start 2023-07
Operation start
Estimated start 2024-12
Construction time
Capacity in MWh
540
Maximum Power in MW
240
Manufacturer
Type / Number of Packs / Cells
/ /
Customer / Owner / Developer
8minute / Clean Power Alliance / AES Clean Energy /
Use case
300MW solar farm support
Link to google maps satellite view
http://maps.google.com/maps?z=19&t=k&q=loc:35.853593+-119.051695
Coordinates
35.853593, -119.051695
βœ… Coords are exact (+/- 50m)
Notes
already a large solar farm visible on google maps, but the planning doc shows it will be on new locations between existing solar farm
Project website
https://www.8minute.com/energy-storage/
Sources
https://www.energy-storage.news/california-community-energy-group-signs-ppa-for-400mw-540mwh-solar-plus-storage-plant/
https://tularecounty.ca.gov/rma/index.cfm/planning-building/environmental-planning/environmental-impact-reports/rexford-solar-project-psp-19-073/
Internal / External id
61 / 64633

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 2021-06 report):

Plant Name / State
Rexford Solar Farm / CA
go live / power
2024-12 / 240MW
status / status verbose
construction / (U) Under construction, less than or equal to 50 percent complete
Plant id / generator id
64633 / 20SDB
Entity name / entity id
AES Clean Energy / 64904
Changes:
2024-03
entity id: 64247 -> 64904
entity name: 20SD 8me LLC -> AES Clean Energy
mw: 300 -> 240
2024-01
date: 2024-04 -> 2024-12 delayed by 8 months
2023-07
status: planning -> construction πŸ—οΈ
status_verbose: (T) Regulatory approvals received. Not under construction -> (U) Under construction, less than or equal to 50 percent complete
2023-06
status_verbose: (P) Planned for installation, but regulatory approvals not initiated -> (T) Regulatory approvals received. Not under construction
2022-07
date: 2023-04 -> 2024-04 delayed by 12 months