San Diego Community Power just added another battery storage facility to its roster of energy projects. The community choice energy program that purchases power for six cities and unincorporated areas of San Diego County reached a 15-year agreement with Arevon Energy Inc. to build an energy battery facility in Carson. The Avocet Energy Storage Project will be the largest stand-alone facility in
were not disclosed. The batteries at the Avocet project will store energy during the hours the California electric grid swells with production from solar and other renewable sources and then discharge power during peak-demand periods, such as the 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. hours. Energy from battery storage systems also help reduce the chances of blackouts.
has signed with Arevon, which is headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz. The first was the Vikings Solar-plus-Storage project that broke ground in March 2023. Based in Imperial County, the Vikings facility expects to generate 37 megawatts of solar production, combined with 150 megawatts/600 megawatt-hours of battery energy storage capacity. Earlier this year,
is one of 25 community choice aggregation programs, or CCAs, that have sprung up across the state in recent years. They purchase electricity generation for residents and businesses in their respective municipalities.