California CCAs Announce Commissioning of New Large-Scale Solar and Energy Storage Project

by Paul Ciampoli
APPA News Director
September 17, 2023

Executives from Central Coast Community Energy and Silicon Valley Clean Energy recently announced the commissioning for Yellow Pine Solar I, a large-scale solar and battery energy storage project.

Yellow Pine Solar I, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, located in Clark County, Nev., will generate up to 125 megawatts of electricity and has a four-hour, 65 MW capacity of battery energy storage.

Including the recently commissioned Yellow Pine project, the two community choice aggregators have signed 11 joint power purchase agreements, totaling 1,313 MW of clean energy and 316 MW of storage to date.