U.S. West Coast Tops $4 Billion in Second-Quarter Power-Generation Project Kickoffs

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The U.S. West Coast region is a global haven of energy innovation, with an endless reservoir of political and cultural support for renewable and alternative project development, including solar, wind, waste-to-energy and battery storage. Industrial Info is tracking nearly $4.3 billion in power-generation projects that are set to begin construction in the West Coast region in the second quarter, more than $1 billion of which is attributed to solar development.

Click on the image at right for a graph detailing power-generation project kickoffs in the West Coast region from April through June, by state or territory.

The West Coast region includes Alaska, California, Guam, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington.

California is home to much of the nation's solar development, with the resource outpacing even wind-energy development. One of the state's largest proposals is 8minutenergy Renewables LLC's (El Centro, California) $500 million Eland 1 Solar Farm in Cantil, which is designed to generate 500 megawatts (MW) from photovoltaic panels.

A smaller-value project that already has reached a more advanced stage of development is less than 100 miles away: Aera Energy LLC, which is jointly owned by affiliates of Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE:RDS.A) (The Hague, Netherlands) and Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) (Irving, Texas), is preparing to begin construction on the $50 million Belridge Solar PV Plant in Bakersfield, which would generate 26.5 MW. For more information, see Industrial Info's reports on the Eland 1 and Belridge projects, and March 16, 2019, article - California, Texas Continue to Lead U.S. Solar Growth in 2019, with $1.4 Billion in Kickoffs for Second Quarter.

But one of the highest-valued power-generation projects in California is using an even less traditional fuel source: the City of San Francisco's $939 million biosolids digester facility. The proposed project would replace systems at the largest wastewater treatment facility in the City by the Bay, to more efficiently process 280,000 pounds per day of biosolids into 2 million standard cubic feet per day of biogas and 5 MW of renewable electricity. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.

While natural gas is flourishing across the U.S., California's aggressive emphasis on renewables is putting some of its gas-fired units out of business. Among them are the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power's units 3 through 6 at Haynes Generating Station in Long Beach, which generate 444 MW. The demolition and dismantling is expected to kick off next quarter and run through the first quarter of 2021. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report and January 7, 2019, article - U.S. Fossil-Fuel Plants to Continue Closing their Doors After 2018 Deals Blow to Coal.

Wind-energy projects retain their clout in other Western states. PacifiCorp, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Incorporated (NYSE:BRK.A) (Omaha, Nebraska), is nearing the kickoff of the $257 million Phase I and $128 million Phase II of its Marengo Wind Project in Dayton, Washington. The company plans to "repower" the facility by upgrading 78 Vestas turbines in the first phase and 39 in the second phase, affecting 156 and 78 MW of generation, respectively. For more information, see Industrial Info's project reports on Phase I and Phase II.

Alongside its growth in renewable energy, the U.S. is seeing battery-storage projects blossom nationwide, even in its remotest places. Guam Power Authority is proposing the $258 million Agana Battery Energy Storage facility in Hagatna, Guam, which is designed to help the island territory generate 25% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2035. The utility-scale system would utilize lithium-ion batteries from South Korea's LG CNS. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.

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