US's largest solar and storage project [Bellefield] 50% complete

2 toomuchtodo 1 6/12/2025, 2:11:04 PM electrek.co ↗

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toomuchtodo · 23h ago
Items to note:

* Amazon contracted for offtake for the entire project

* Speed of deployment for hyperscalers

* Robotic assistance to speed deployment ("Maximo") [1] [2]

> The 1,000-megawatt (MW) Bellefield 1 project in Kern County, California, includes 500 MW of solar and 500 MW of four-hour battery storage, all under a 15-year contract with Amazon. When the full 2,000 MW Bellefield project is done, it will be the biggest solar-plus-storage installation in the country.

> AES has locked in deals with “major global hyperscalers” – think tech giants like Amazon and Meta – for more than 10 gigawatts of clean power.

[1] https://www.aes.com/maximo

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QFUvAbdlJk