Papago Energy Storage β€οΈπŸ“ŠπŸ‘€

Status
construction
Country / State / Closest City
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ usa / arizona / Maricopa County
Dates
First heard 2024-06
Construction start 2024-07
Operation start
Estimated start 2025-05
Construction time
Capacity in MWh
1200
Maximum Power in MW
300
Manufacturer
Type / Number of Packs / Cells
/ /
Customer / Owner / Developer
Recurrent Energy / RE Papago LLC /
Use case
300MW solar farm support
Link to google maps satellite view
http://maps.google.com/maps?z=19&t=k&q=loc:33.481046+-113.03863
Coordinates
33.481046, -113.03863
βœ… Coords are exact (+/- 50m)
Notes

Project website
https://recurrentenergy.com/project/papago/
Sources
https://www.maricopa.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Item/7254?fileID=56298
Internal / External id
75 / 66779

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 2024-06 report):

Plant Name / State
Papago Energy Storage / AZ
go live / power
2025-05 / 300MW
status / status verbose
construction / (U) Under construction, less than or equal to 50 percent complete
Plant id / generator id
66779 / PPABA
Entity name / entity id
RE Papago LLC / 65751
Changes:
2024-07
status: planning -> construction πŸ—οΈ
status_verbose: (L) Regulatory approvals pending. Not under construction -> (U) Under construction, less than or equal to 50 percent complete