The Palm Springs City Council on Thursday reviewed two recent hot-button approvals from the city s planning commission, and allowed the two projects a cannabis facility expansion and a housing development in endangered beetle territory to move forward.
At councilmember request, the council reviewed the planning commission s approval of the expansion of the Kings Garden cannabis cultivation facility from 37,787 square feet to 212,027 square feet, as well as the approval of an 80-unit single-family housing project planned for the southwest corner of East Palm Canyon Drive and Matthew Drive.
Both projects will move forward, with some additional conditions placed on the Kings Garden project.
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This is the first solar plus battery storage contract entered into by DCE. The agreement will help DCE meet a primary goal of providing carbon-free energy to its customers in the City of Palm Springs while helping California fight climate change and meet the mandate that 100% of the state’s electricity come from carbon-free resources by 2045. DCE also recently signed three contracts for wind energy produced in Palm Springs.
The Deer Creek Solar + Storage project will generate nearly 190,000 MWh annually in its first year of operation, which is the equivalent of powering 15,500 homes with 100% carbon-free electricity. The battery storage component will allow for the solar power to be stored and discharged at the time the power is most needed by the grid, such as during the evening peak, providing much needed reliability and solar integration to the grid as well as significant financial value to DCE.
Vesper Energy Desert Community Energy (DCE) and Vesper Energy announce that they have entered into a 20-year PPA for solar energy and battery storage. DCE
Desert Community Energy (DCE) and Vesper Energy have entered into a 20-year power purchase agreement for solar energy and battery storage in California.
DCE will purchase all of the energy produced from the Deer Creek 50MW Solar plus 200 megawatt-hour storage project.
The Deer Creek Solar + Storage project, in Tulare County, is scheduled to begin construction in 2022 and be completed in 2023.
This is the first solar plus battery storage contract entered into by DCE.
The agreement will help DCE meet a primary goal of providing carbon-free energy to its customers in the City of Palm Springs.
DCE also recently signed three contracts for wind energy produced in Palm Springs.