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Arizona solar-and-battery project will supply 90% of its power to Tesla
ContourGlobal has begun construction on Project Sterling, a solar farm with battery storage in Mohave County, Arizona, about 20 miles north of Lake Havasu City.
The project will cover more than 2,000 acres and include over 760,000 solar panels and more than 300 battery containers.
Its solar capacity is 509 megawatts in direct current, or 450 megawatts after conversion for the grid, while the batteries can store about 1.4 gigawatt-hours of electricity.
Tesla has signed a long-term agreement to buy about 90% of the facility’s expected output, or roughly 1 terawatt-hour of electricity each year.
The batteries can deliver full power for about four hours, and the combined system is designed to provide clean electricity for up to 16 hours a day.
The project is expected to begin operating in 2028 and will connect to a transmission network with access to California’s electricity market.
ContourGlobal expects construction to employ around 400 workers, and says Sterling will become its largest renewable energy asset worldwide.
ContourGlobal is building Project Sterling, a solar-and-battery facility in Mohave County, Arizona.
Tesla has a long-term agreement to receive about 90% of the facility’s expected electricity output.
The project has 509 megawatts of solar capacity and a battery system capable of storing about 1.4 gigawatt-hours.
It is expected to generate more than 1.1 terawatt-hours of electricity annually and begin operations in 2028.
The facility will connect to the Western Area Power Administration’s grid and has transmission rights into California’s electricity market.
- Who
- ContourGlobal is developing the project, and Tesla is the contracted buyer for about 90% of its expected output.
- What
- Project Sterling is a solar plant paired with battery storage.
- When
- Construction was launched with a groundbreaking ceremony on October 6. The facility is expected to begin operations in 2028.
- Where
- Mohave County, Arizona, about 20 miles north of Lake Havasu City.
- Why
- The project will supply Tesla with clean electricity under a long-term power purchase agreement.
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Our teams engineered the project around the specific needs of our customer, enabling it to deliver reliable clean power for up to 16 hours a day
ContourGlobal held a groundbreaking ceremony for Project Sterling.
Construction is expected to employ around 400 workers, according to Electrek.
Project Sterling is expected to begin operations.
- Solar capacity
- 509 MW DC and 450 MW AC
- Battery system
- 360 MW power capacity and about 1.4 GWh of storage
- Annual generation
- More than 1.1 TWh expected
- Tesla agreement
- About 90% of expected output, or around 1 TWh per year
- Site
- More than 2,000 acres in Mohave County, Arizona
- Solar modules and battery containers
- More than 760,000 modules and over 300 containers
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