McCoy Solar Energy Project Hybrid πŸ“ŠπŸ‘€

Status
operation
Country / State / Closest City
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ usa / california / Riverside County
Dates
First heard 2020-09
Construction start 2021-04
Operation start 2021-07
Estimated start
Construction time 3 months -> 306 MWh/m
Capacity in MWh
920
Maximum Power in MW
230
Manufacturer
Type / Number of Packs / Cells
/ /
Customer / Owner / Developer
Southern California Edison / McCoy Solar, LLC /
Use case
250MW solar farm support
Link to google maps satellite view
http://maps.google.com/maps?z=19&t=k&q=loc:33.664118+-114.749852
Coordinates
33.664118, -114.749852
βœ… Coords are exact (+/- 50m)
Notes
part of 523 MW / 2092 MWh of storage at Blythe-McCoy Solar & Storage Complex
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
66 / 58462

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
McCoy Solar Energy Project Hybrid / CA
go live / power
2021-07 / 230MW
status / status verbose
operation / operation
Plant id / generator id
58462 / MCST1
Entity name / entity id
McCoy Solar, LLC / 58451
Changes:
2021-09
status: construction -> operation 🍾 πŸŽ‰ 🍸
status_verbose: (U) Under construction, less than or equal to 50 percent complete -> operation
2021-04
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