SAN DIEGO & SANTA ROSA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Luminia and Sonoma Clean Power (SCP) introduced right this moment the signing of a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for the event of an 11.6 MW AC solar plus 32 MWh battery storage venture in Sonoma, California. Construction of the 75-acre venture is predicted within the second half of 2023 in southern Sonoma County, tying into a close-by electrical substation.
“Deploying reliable solar and storage projects with community choice aggregators like Sonoma Clean Power reinforces renewable energy as the new standard in our daily energy lives,” stated Dale A. Vander Woude, chief funding officer of Luminia. “We formed an excellent team with Kenwood Investments to provide Sonoma Clean Power with a solution for its resource adequacy demand, which is what brought this important project to fruition in Sonoma County.”
In addition to the PPA, Luminia and Kenwood Investments, LLC, are managing the late-stage improvement of the venture. Once accomplished, SCP will dispatch the 100% renewable, domestically generated electrical energy to its EverGreen premium service prospects all through Sonoma and Mendocino counties. The 11.6 MW AC solar PV system additionally consists of 32 MWh of lithium-ion battery storage that may distribute saved solar power throughout the grid throughout peak night hours.
“Our mission is to make cleaner electricity accessible to our customers by putting the power to procure energy in the hands of local communities,” stated Deb Emerson, managing director of procurement for Sonoma Clean Power. “With this solar and storage project we can provide renewable energy on-demand, regardless of the time of day, and promote 100 percent carbon-free energy generated right here in Sonoma County.”
Sonoma Clean Power has set the bar in relation to renewable electrical energy choices for residential and industrial prospects. EverGreen is the one technology service within the U.S. that’s really renewable 24/7. EverGreen makes use of solar and geothermal power from amenities situated completely in Sonoma and Mendocino counties.
Darius Anderson, managing member of Kenwood Investments, stated, “It is an honor to work with Sonoma Clean Power, County stakeholders and Luminia on this important solar project for the Sonoma community.”
SCP issued a Request for Proposals in June 2021 in response to the Board’s request to obtain extra native renewable assets for EverGreen. The corporations then entered into an exclusivity settlement for the venture in November 2021.
To be taught extra about Luminia’s distinctive solar PV and energy effectivity financing options for industrial and neighborhood initiatives, go to luminia.io. To be taught extra about SCP’s EverGreen-Local Resource Plan, go to sonomacleanpower.org/applications/evergreen.
About Luminia
Founded in 2019, California-based Luminia supplies distinctive financing and expertise platform options that allow the deployment of economic property sustainability enhancements at scale. Through novel financing choices and synthetic intelligence-driven industrial actual property portfolio evaluation, Luminia empowers industrial and industrial property house owners to implement holistic clear energy and energy effectivity upgrades with out limitations. Luminia’s options are function constructed to supply the best potential financial profit and advance a property’s capacity to fulfill ESG necessities. For extra info, go to luminia.io.
About Sonoma Clean Power
SCP is the not-for-profit public power supplier that operates a Community Choice Aggregation or ‘CCA’ for Sonoma and Mendocino counties, serving a inhabitants of a couple of half-million. SCP has operated for 8 years, serving all of the cities and unincorporated areas of the 2 counties besides Healdsburg and Ukiah, the place long-standing municipal power suppliers exist. In downtown Santa Rosa, SCP operates the one Advanced Energy Center within the United States devoted to serving to prospects transition to 100% renewable energy for his or her houses, companies, and automobiles. SCP can also be the one power supplier in California providing 100% renewable energy twenty-four per day, daily of the yr. To be taught extra, go to sonomacleanpower.org or name 1 (855) 202-2139.
