Tulare County solar farm -Rexford 2 – plans expansion
-March 19,2022-
Developers of the Rexford Solar Farm -8 Minute Solar – already approved by Tulare County in 2020, wants now to build a second “Rexford 2” project.Together, the Rexford Solar Farm would be the largest in the US at 1200MW of solar and 1200 MW of battery storage.
The Rexford 1 project is a 700MW solar farm and 700MW of storage located on 3614 acres in southern Tulare County.
Now in Phase 2, the project would add 1200 acres and an additional 500MW of ground mounted solar and 500MW of storage. This spring Phase 1 is expected to begin operation. Both projects are near the town of Ducor.
The proposed Rexford 2 project would involve the construction of both transmission and collector lines. Power generated by the proposed Project would be transmitted to the Southern California Edison (SCE) Vestal Substation via an up to 230 kilovolt (kV) overhead and/or underground gen-tie line
In accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act, the County of Tulare Resource Management Agency (RMA) will be preparing a Supplemental EIR to evaluate the environmental effects associated with the Rexford 2 project.
A scoping meeting is scheduled for March 31, 2022 at 1:30 P.M. in Conference Room F of the Tulare County Resource Management Agency
8minute Solar Energy (8minute) announced that the company has executed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Clean Power Alliance (CPA). Because it has both PV and storage, the units can deliver power to the grid both day and night.