Vikings Energy Farm πŸ“ŠπŸ‘€

Status
operation
Country / State / Closest City
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ usa / california /
Dates
First heard 2022-07
Construction start 2023-10
Operation start 2024-05
Estimated start 2023-12
Construction time 7 months -> 85 MWh/m
Capacity in MWh
600
Maximum Power in MW
150
Manufacturer
tesla
Type / Number of Packs / Cells
megapack / /
Customer / Owner / Developer
/ Vikings Energy Farm, LLC / arevon
Use case
Link to google maps satellite view
http://maps.google.com/maps?z=19&t=k&q=loc:32.804395+-115.274713
Coordinates
32.804395, -115.274713
βœ… The site is known, coords are +/- 1 kilometer
Notes

Project website
https://arevonenergy.com/location/viking/
Sources
https://arevonenergy.com/arevon-acquires-vikings-energy-farm/
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2023/02/solv-energy-breaks-ground-solar-peaker-plant-california/
Internal / External id
697 / 65711

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 2024-07 report (Project first appeared in the 2022-07 report):

Plant Name / State
Vikings Energy Farm / CA
go live / power
2024-05 / 150MW
status / status verbose
operation / operation
Plant id / generator id
65711 / GEN2
Entity name / entity id
Vikings Energy Farm, LLC / 64966
Changes:
2024-07
status: construction -> operation 🍾 πŸŽ‰ 🍸
status_verbose: (V) Under construction, more than 50 percent complete -> operation
2024-06
date: 2024-04 -> 2024-05 delayed by 1 month
2024-04
date: 2024-03 -> 2024-04 delayed by 1 month
2024-02
date: 2024-02 -> 2024-03 delayed by 1 month
2023-10
status: planning -> construction πŸ—οΈ
status_verbose: (T) Regulatory approvals received. Not under construction -> (V) Under construction, more than 50 percent complete
date: 2024-08 -> 2024-02 accelerated by 6 months
2023-03
date: 2023-12 -> 2024-08 delayed by 8 months
2023-02
status_verbose: (L) Regulatory approvals pending. Not under construction -> (T) Regulatory approvals received. Not under construction