Eland Solar & Storage Center, Phase 1 Hy 📊👤

Status

operation

Country / State / Closest City

🇺🇸 usa / california / Kern County

Dates

Capacity in MWh

600

Maximum Power in MW

150

Manufacturer

tesla

Type / Number of Packs / Cells

megapack / /

Customer / Owner / Developer

8minute / Capital Dynamics / LADWP / 68SF 8me LLC /

Use case

400MW solar farm support

Link to google maps satellite view

http://maps.google.com/maps?z=19&t=k&q=loc:35.198008+-117.991201

Coordinates

35.198008, -117.991201
✅ Coords are exact (+/- 50m)

Notes

location from planning doc
partially online in 2022, fully in 2023

Project website

Sources

https://www.8minute.com/2020/01/capital-dynamics-and-8minute-solar-energy-partner-on-breakthrough-400mwac-eland-solar-storage-center/
https://x.com/Tesla_Megapack/status/1794120454883659833

Internal / External id

62 / 61168

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 2025-01 report (Project first appeared in the 2020-09 report):

Plant Name / State

Eland Solar & Storage Center, Phase 1 Hy / CA

go live / power

2024-11 / 150MW

status / status verbose

operation / operation

Plant id / generator id

61168 / 61168

Entity name / entity id

68SF 8me LLC / 60797

Changes:
2025-01
status: construction -> operation 🍾 🎉 🍸
status_verbose: (U) Under construction, less than or equal to 50 percent complete -> operation
2024-12
date: 2024-10 -> 2024-11 delayed by 1 month
2024-11
date: 2024-09 -> 2024-10 delayed by 1 month
2024-10
plant name: Eland Solar & Storage Center, Phase 1 Hybrid -> Eland Solar & Storage Center, Phase 1 Hy
2024-03
date: 2024-11 -> 2024-09 accelerated by 2 months
2023-05
date: 2024-03 -> 2024-11 delayed by 8 months
2023-01
date: 2023-11 -> 2024-03 delayed by 4 months
2022-09
date: 2023-07 -> 2023-11 delayed by 4 months
2022-01
status: planning -> construction 🏗️
status_verbose: (P) Planned for installation, but regulatory approvals not initiated -> (U) Under construction, less than or equal to 50 percent complete
date: 2022-11 -> 2023-07 delayed by 8 months