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Clean Power Alliance will construct 400-MWh lithium battery to aid in closing gas-powered plants

By Kelly Pickerel | April 10, 2020

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Southern California electricity provider Clean Power Alliance (CPA) inked its first Energy Storage Agreement (ESA) this week. Approved by the CPA Board of Directors on April 2, the 100-MW Luna Storage standalone battery storage project is the largest ESA deal for a CCA in California and one of the largest in the entire state.

CPA Executive Director Ted Bardacke and sPower CEO Ryan Creamer at the virtual signing event

The project marks the continued evolution and increase in the scale of CPA’s procurement efforts to fulfill the state’s reliability needs without the use of fossil fuels. The 15-year agreement, which went from bid to contract execution in less than six months, demonstrates CPA’s nimbleness in meeting fast-changing regulatory requirements and electrical grid dynamics. Late last year, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) required CPA to procure at least 98.4 MW of new capacity by 2021, a requirement that has now been surpassed with this ESA. Additional requirements for 2022 and 2023 will be fulfilled by future agreements that are currently under negotiation through CPA’s 2019 Reliability Request for Offers.

The Luna Storage project, a 100-MW/400-MWh standalone lithium-ion battery storage project will be owned and operated by sPower, an independent power producer (IPP). The project is located in the City of Lancaster, within Los Angeles County, and is expected to be operational by August 2021. It will allow CPA to cost-effectively integrate intermittent renewable energy resources into the grid and will also help enable the closure of gas-fired power plants located in CPA’s local communities.

Valued at more than $100 million, the project will create approximately 50 union construction jobs, delivering on CPA’s mission to develop a well-paid green energy workforce and provide an important economic boost in the face of the current economic downturn.

“Clean Power Alliance is excited to be advancing our clean energy goals during this difficult time,” said Ted Bardacke, Executive Director, Clean Power Alliance. “By fast tracking projects like Luna Storage, we are fighting climate change while investing in our community and creating jobs right when they are needed the most.”

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Kelly Pickerel

Kelly Pickerel is editor in chief of Solar Power World.

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  1. Ted Jasiewicz says

    April 30, 2020 at 1:40 pm

    Are they intending the use of 18650 cells or other size batteries. Will they explore the possibility of larger format cells to reduce the number of interconnections?

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  2. Jim Dudley says

    April 13, 2020 at 11:55 am

    What is the footprint of this battery installation – how big? What will be the source of power generated to recharge this facility?

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  3. John Ostrander says

    April 13, 2020 at 11:24 am

    Curious, how many will lose their jobs at the (closed) gas power plant as a result of this? Asking for a friend.

    50 construction jobs are created, but what is the net growth of the newly employed?

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