2W Permian Solar Project Hybrid 📊👤

Status

operation

Country / State / Closest City

🇺🇸 usa / texas / Andrews Country

Dates

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
✅ 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 🍾 🎉 🍸
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