Commissioning of Ørsted’s 300 MW Eleven Mile Solar Centre was completed on 11 October. The 1200 MWh battery energy storage system located in Pinal County near Phoenix, Arizona. has the capacity to produce enough energy 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 David Hardy, executive vice president and CEO of Region Americas at Ørsted. “We … 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 … for clean reliable energy.”
“The Eleven Mile Solar Centre represents a significant investment in southern Arizona and support for our state’s growing energy needs,” said Arizona Corporate Commissioner Lea Marquez Peterson. “The … project exemplifies how clean energy can help us diversify our resources while ensuring reliability for the local grid.”
With the Eleven Mile Solar Centre completed, Ørsted now has 5.6 GW of onshore renewables in operation globally.
