Blythe Solar III, LLC Hybrid πŸ“ŠπŸ‘€

Status
operation
Country / State / Closest City
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ usa / california / Riverside County
Dates
First heard 2020-09
Construction start 2020-11
Operation start 2021-05
Estimated start
Construction time 6 months -> 76 MWh/m
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 III, LLC /
Use case
solar
Link to google maps satellite view
http://maps.google.com/maps?z=19&t=k&q=loc:33.673021+-114.754474
Coordinates
33.673021, -114.754474
βœ… 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/
Internal / External id
65 / 60094

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 III, LLC Hybrid / CA
go live / power
2021-05 / 115MW
status / status verbose
operation / operation
Plant id / generator id
60094 / BLST3
Entity name / entity id
Blythe Solar III, LLC / 59844
Changes:
2021-07
status: construction -> operation 🍾 πŸŽ‰ 🍸
status_verbose: (V) Under construction, more than 50 percent complete -> operation
2021-03
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 πŸ—οΈ
status_verbose: (P) Planned for installation, but regulatory approvals not initiated -> (U) Under construction, less than or equal to 50 percent complete