Desert Quartzite πŸ“πŸ“ŠπŸ“

Status
construction
Country / State / Closest City
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ usa / california /
Dates
First heard 2022-05
Construction start 2023-04
Operation start
Estimated start 2024-08
Construction time
Capacity in MWh
300
πŸ“ This is an estimate
Maximum Power in MW
150
Manufacturer
Type / Number of Packs / Cells
/ /
Customer / Owner / Developer
/ Desert Quartzite LLC /
Use case
Link to google maps satellite view
http://maps.google.com/maps?z=19&t=k&q=loc:40.82594736691591+-121.20363569775502
Coordinates
40.82594736691591, -121.20363569775502
πŸ“ Coords are a guess. Only the state is known
Notes

Project website
Sources
Internal / External id
696 / 59871

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 2024-02 report (Project first appeared in the 2022-05 report):

Plant Name / State
Desert Quartzite / CA
go live / power
2024-08 / 150MW
status / status verbose
construction / (U) Under construction, less than or equal to 50 percent complete
Plant id / generator id
59871 / GEN02
Entity name / entity id
Desert Quartzite LLC / 59656
Changes:
2023-09
date: 2023-08 -> 2024-08 delayed by 12 months
2023-04
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