2W Permian Solar Project Hybrid πŸ“ŠπŸ‘€

Status
operation
Country / State / Closest City
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ usa / texas / Andrews Country
Dates
First heard 2020-09
Construction start
Operation start 2021-10
Estimated start
Construction time
Capacity in MWh
40
Maximum Power in MW
40
Manufacturer
Type / Number of Packs / Cells
/ /
Customer / Owner / Developer
ExxonMobil / 2W Permian Solar, LLC /
Use case
420MW solar farm support
Link to google maps satellite view
http://maps.google.com/maps?z=19&t=k&q=loc:32.121853+-102.529659
Coordinates
32.121853, -102.529659
βœ… Coords are exact (+/- 50m)
Notes
built on a depleted oil field in the Permian Basin
2018: 12 year PPA with Exxon Mobil
got exact location from the 2020 amended agreement doc on texas.gov site
Project website
https://orsted.com/en/our-business/solar-and-battery-storage/our-solar-and-storage-centers
Sources
https://orsted.com/en/media/newsroom/news/2021/05/885212783010106
https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/projects/permian-energy-centre/#
https://comptroller.texas.gov/economy/local/ch313/agreement-docs-details.php?id=1411
Internal / External id
88 / 63255

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
2W Permian Solar Project Hybrid / TX
go live / power
2021-10 / 40MW
status / status verbose
operation / operation
Plant id / generator id
63255 / 2WPBA
Entity name / entity id
2W Permian Solar, LLC / 63012
Changes:
2021-12
status: construction -> operation 🍾 πŸŽ‰ 🍸
status_verbose: (TS) Construction complete, but not yet in commercial operation -> operation
2021-10
date: 2021-08 -> 2021-10 delayed by 2 months
2021-08
date: 2021-07 -> 2021-08 delayed by 1 month
2021-07
status_verbose: (U) Under construction, less than or equal to 50 percent complete -> (TS) Construction complete, but not yet in commercial operation
date: 2021-05 -> 2021-07 delayed by 2 months