Orsted has completed the official commissioning of the 600MW combined solar and battery Eleven Mile Solar Center in Pinal County near Phoenix, Arizona.
The 300MW solar farm and 300MW/1200MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) have the capacity to produce enough energy to power 65,000 homes and store 1200MWh of power daily.
The Eleven Mile Solar Center is to provide power to businesses, homes, and Meta’s planned data centre in Mesa, Arizona.
“Solar energy paired with battery energy storage will be critical to the reliable delivery of power as the demand for electricity grows,” said executive vice president and chief executive of Region Americas at Orsted David Hardy.
He added: “We are thrilled to have completed our first project in Arizona and added a valuable asset to our US portfolio, which will help meet the growing demand of the state and region with reliable, clean energy.”
Arizona Corporate Commissioner Lea Marquez Peterson said: “The Eleven Mile Solar Center represents a significant investment in southern Arizona and support for our state’s growing energy needs.
“The Eleven Mile project exemplifies how clean energy can help us diversify our resources while ensuring reliability for the local grid.”
With Eleven Mile Solar Center, Orsted now has 5.6GW of onshore renewables in operation globally.