Fresno expected to save $154M with new solar energy, battery storage projects

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The City of Fresno volition soon beryllium redeeming implicit an expected $154 cardinal successful the adjacent 20 years erstwhile each of the largest star vigor and artillery retention projects are completed, the metropolis said Thursday.

The metropolis said it celebrated connected Thursday the completion of 2 of its largest star vigor and artillery retention projects. The lawsuit celebrated the 19.6 megawatt strategy astatine Fresno-Clovis Regional Wastewater Reclamation Facility (RWRF), which, according to the city, is the largest commercialized municipal star and artillery strategy successful the U.S.

Key sites of the projects see the Department of Public Utilities (DPU), Southeast Surface Water Treatment Facility, the Northeast Surface Water Treatment Facility and RWRF.

According to the city, the projects person a combined capableness of 27 megawatts-direct current, and the DPU task is expected to prevention implicit $122 cardinal successful taxpayers' dollars by 2045.

Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer says these caller star and retention assets are putting the metropolis connected the map.

"By energizing this monolithic renewable vigor portfolio to enactment the metropolis and DPU, Fresno is showing the remainder of the state that cleanable powerfulness is simply a invaluable instrumentality successful serving our community,” helium said.

According to the city, the afloat vigor portfolio is projected to prevention the metropolis much than $154 cardinal implicit the adjacent 20 years.