The privately held renewable energy developer rPlus Energies’ Green River Energy Center project, a solar-plus-storage facility in Utah, has revised its PPA with PacifiCorp to quadruple the battery storage capacity from 400 MWh to 1,600 MWh.
The project, with a capital investment of more than $1 billion and a combined solar and storage capacity of 800 MW, will start construction in Q2 2024. rPlus plans to bring the project to market for tax and debt financing later in 2024.
The Green River Energy Center stands as one of the largest planned solar-plus-storage facilities in Utah and ranks among the most expansive energy facilities within the PacifiCorp System - a grid operator in the western US.
The project is expected to create about 500 construction jobs during its development. Once operational, it will also improve local tax revenue for Emery County and offer long-term energy employment opportunities.
Green River Energy Center has selected Sundt Construction to provide engineering, procurement, and construction services.
Recently, rPlus also secured an investment of up to $460 million from Sandbrook Capital, a private investment firm, to help expand into ownership and operation of its projects.
