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

By Jonathan Tourino Jacobo
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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.

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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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