Silicon Ranch and SSVEC Celebrate the Completion of McNeal Solar and Battery Storage Project in Southeastern Arizona
The innovative project includes an 80 megawatt-hour (MWh) battery energy storage system (BESS), enabling SSVEC to meet increasing load demand and the power needs of more than 3,000 households across southeastern Arizona.
- The innovative project includes an 80 megawatt-hour (MWh) battery energy storage system (BESS), enabling SSVEC to meet increasing load demand and the power needs of more than 3,000 households across southeastern Arizona.
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Valley Electric Cooperative completed 20-megawatt McNeal Solar Farm (Photo: Business Wire)
At a community ribbon-cutting event to celebrate completion of the project, SSVEC CEO Jason Bowling said, “The McNeal solar and battery storage project allows SSVEC to increase the amount of affordable, renewable energy for our members, while supporting system reliability and promoting energy independence. - Silicon Ranch developed and funded the project and hired more than 140 craft workers to build the facility.
- These facilities interconnect the McNeal Solar Farm with the grid so that SSVEC can distribute the solar energy to homes and businesses across its system.