Blythe Solar II, LLC 📊👤

Status

operation

Country / State / Closest City

🇺🇸 usa / california / Riverside County

Dates

Capacity in MWh

460

Maximum Power in MW

115

Manufacturer

Samsung

Type / Number of Packs / Cells

/ / Samsung

Customer / Owner / Developer

Southern California Edison / Blythe Solar II, LLC /

Use case

solar

Link to google maps satellite view

http://maps.google.com/maps?z=19&t=k&q=loc:33.676313+-114.75575

Coordinates

33.676313, -114.75575
✅ Coords are exact (+/- 50m)

Notes

part of 523 MW / 2092 MWh of storage at Blythe-McCoy Solar & Storage Complex, TODO: source that samsung supplies batteries

Project website

Sources

https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2020/05/02/southern-california-edison-wants-huge-770-mw-battery-storage-procurement-online-fast/
https://ieefa.org/nextera-brings-first-section-of-massive-california-battery-storage-complex-online/

Internal / External id

64 / 60092

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

Blythe Solar II, LLC / CA

go live / power

2021-03 / 115MW

status / status verbose

operation / operation

Plant id / generator id

60092 / BLST2

Entity name / entity id

Blythe Solar II, LLC / 59843

Changes:
2021-05
status: construction -> operation 🍾 🎉 🍸
status_verbose: (V) Under construction, more than 50 percent complete -> operation
2021-04
date: 2021-02 -> 2021-03 delayed by 1 month
2021-01
status_verbose: (U) Under construction, less than or equal to 50 percent complete -> (V) Under construction, more than 50 percent complete
2020-11
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