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rPlus Energies, Pacificorp sign PPA for Utah solar-plus-storage plant

By Jonathan Tourino Jacobo
October 27, 2022
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Graphite Solar in Utah’s Carbon County, one of the other two solar projects the pair have contracted for. The 104MWdc/80MWac project, owned by Greenbacker and developed by rPlus, recently went into commercial operation. Image: Greenbacker.

Renewables developer rPlus Energies has signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) for 400MWac/200MW solar-plus-storage project in Emery County, Utah.

Signed with US utility PacifiCorp, the PPA includes a 200MW battery energy storage system (BESS) and is currently the “largest” planned solar-plus-storage facility in Utah, according to rPlus Energies.

Construction of the project is expected to start in early 2023 with Sundt Construction providing engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services for the solar-plus-storage project.

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