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China’s CATL to supply batteries to ‘record-breaking’ solar storage project near Las Vegas, US
- CATL has agreed with renewables developer Primergy to provide the batteries for the enormous Gemini facility
- CATL, which supplies electric carmakers including Tesla, Nio, and Xpeng, is the world’s largest EV battery maker
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Contemporary Amperex Technology Limited (CATL), China’s largest electric-vehicle (EV) battery maker, said it will supply batteries for one of the biggest solar energy storage facilities in the US.
Backed by a total investment of US$1.2 billion, the Gemini project outside Las Vegas, Nevada, will generate enough clean energy to power 400,000 homes during peak periods once complete, according to the website of Primergy Solar, which operates it.
Packing 1,416 megawatt-hours (MWh) of storage capability, it is described by CATL as a “record-breaking” solar project.
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CATL has reached an agreement with renewables developer Primergy to exclusively provide the batteries, it announced on Tuesday.
“The future of our country’s energy reliability and resiliency relies on the mass deployment of battery storage capacity that can supply consistent power back into the grid when it’s needed most,” said Ty Daul, chief executive officer at Primergy in a statement on Tuesday.
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“Together with CATL, we are building a market-leading and highly sophisticated battery storage system that can capture surplus solar power during the day and store it for use in the early evening after the sunsets in Nevada.”
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