Arroyo Solar Energy Storage Hybrid

OperatingBESSSolarHybrid

Ranked #1 of 97 Solar plants in NM#55 of 7447 nationally

450 MW Batteries (150 MW) + Solar Photovoltaic (300 MW) operating in McKinley, NM — Public Service Company of New Mexico

EIAGEM

450 MW

Nameplate Capacity

Generators

units

Hybrid (2)

Technology

Batteries + Solar Photovoltaic

2023

Operating Since

Location

Coordinates

35.9680, -107.5729

County

McKinley, NM

Ownership & Operator

Owner data does not fully agree across sources.

EIA typically reports the operating utility, while GEM resolves to the financial owner or parent corporation. Both can be correct.

Field	EIA	GEM	Wikidata
Operator	Arroyo Solar LLC	DE Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI)	—
Owner(s)	Arroyo Solar LLC	DE Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI) [100%]	—
Status	Operating	operating	—

Ownership Chain

GEM identifies the owner as DE Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI) [100%]

This entity is not yet in the GEM ownership database — chain unavailable.

About

Arroyo Solar Energy Storage Hybrid is a 450 MW hybrid power plant located in McKinley County, New Mexico. The plant, which began operating in 2023, is owned and operated by Arroyo Solar LLC. It utilizes both solar photovoltaic technology and battery energy storage. The facility consists of two generators and is tracked as the second-largest of 15 plants in New Mexico, and 79th-largest of 514 plants nationally. The solar component uses single-axis tracking. The battery energy storage system (BESS) has a capacity of 600 MWh, providing a duration of 4 hours and utilizing lithium-ion battery chemistry (LIB).

The plant's primary fuel is listed as MWH, reflecting its reliance on stored energy. In its most recent year of operation, Arroyo Solar generated 678,974 MWh, achieving a capacity factor of 17.2%. The plant operates within the Public Service Company of New Mexico balancing authority and the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) NERC region. Financial data indicates a power purchase agreement (PPA) price of $15.86 per MWh, according to data from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). News coverage of the plant includes two articles related to deals and one on regulatory matters.

Generated from EIA, GEM, and public data sources

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Engineering & Generators

Grid Context

NERC Region

WECC

Balancing Authority

Public Service Company of New Mexico

Grid Voltage

345 kV

Regulatory Status

Entity Type

Independent Power Producer

Sector

IPP Non-CHP

Generation

38.2K MWh

Latest Month

679.0K MWh

Annual Generation

17.2%

Capacity Factor

Financial DataBeta

Source: LBNL Utility-Scale SolarHIGH

$29.1/MWh

LCOE (Levelized Cost)

$15.9/MWh

PPA Price

Pricing & Market Data

This plant is outside organized wholesale electricity markets (ISOs/RTOs). Nodal pricing data is not available.

News & Articles (3)Beta

Deals·m and a

New Mexico’s largest solar-plus-storage plant in utility coal retirement plan acquired by DE Shaw

Arroyo Solar and Storage Project, a 300MWac solar PV plant with 150MWac / 600MWh of colocated battery storage in New Mexico's McKinley County, will be the...

DE Shaw (buyer)

Energy-Storage.News·4 years ago

Regulatory·state puc

Facebook told to rewrite energy storage contracts for New Mexico data centre

New Mexico's biggest coal plant, San Juan Generating Station, retires next year. Image: Wikimedia user Steve Baltakatei Sandoval.

Facebook (other)

Energy-Storage.News·4 years ago