EDF Renewables, PSEI’s Desert Quartzite Solar+Storage went live in California

US-based EDF Renewables North America and Power Sustainable Energy Infrastructure Inc. announced that the Desert Quartzite Solar+Storage Project became operational in December 2024. The project was located on federal lands in Riverside County, California. It has a 375 MW (DC) / 300 MW (AC) solar capacity. It also included a 150 MW (AC)/4-hour battery energy storage system. The project delivered electricity to Clean Power Alliance under a 20-year PPA. The storage system helped manage demand. It stores energy during peak solar hours. The stored energy is used later when it is needed. The project created 450 jobs during construction. There were no recordable safety incidents. At full capacity, the project powered over 163,000 California homes. It offset 669,000 metric tons of CO₂ emissions each year. This was equal to the emissions from 145,000 passenger vehicles.