The Pioneer clean energy center will be built in Yuma County, Arizona. Image: BrightNight
(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents BrightNight.)
Court Rich, co-founder of Rose Law Group and director of the firm’s renewable energy & utility infrastructure department, tells RLGR: “This project will go a long way to helping Arizona meet its ever-increasing need for more reliable power. By combining solar and batteries at this scale, this project will help APS serve the key peak hours of the day by taking low cost solar power generated when the sun is high in the sky and storing it in batteries to be used in the late afternoon when energy is most valuable.”
By April Bonner | Energy Storage News
IPPs BrightNight and Cordelio have announced a new power purchase agreement (PPA) for a 300MW solar and 1,200MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) facility with utility Arizona Public Service (APS), in Arizona, US.
Located in Yuma County, Arizona, the Pioneer clean energy centre will create what BrightNight says is hundreds of construction and operation jobs, as well as substantial tax revenue for the local community. The facility is expected to begin construction in September 2025 with commercial operation expected April of 2027.
BrightNight is headquartered in Florida and specialises in hybrid renewables-plus-storage and standalone battery storage projects. The company secured a US$440 million investment commitment from Goldman Sachs Alternatives in August 2024.
BrightNight also has projects around the world. In October of last year, the company received the green light from the Victoria government, Australia, for its 360MW Mortlake solar-plus-storage project.
In the same month, Energy-Storage.news reported that BrightNight was seeking approval from the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) for a Certificate of Environmental Capability (CEC) to construct a generation tie-in transmission line in La Paz County, Arizona (Premium access article), to connect its Eagle Eye solar-plus-storage project to the local grid.
“We are so happy for our client BrightNight, who worked so hard to get this deal done!” -Jordan Rose, Rose Law Group founder and president
