Ø rsted and Salt River Project (SRP) celebrate the official launch of the Eleven Mile Solar Center, a 300 MW solar project and 300 MW/1200 MWh battery storage system (BESS) in Pinar County. This project is part of Ø rsted's $20 billion investment to build energy generation projects in the United States. The Eleven Mile Solar Center is SRP's largest co built solar and BESS project, providing power to businesses, households, and Meta data centers located in Mesa, Arizona.

David Hardy, Executive Vice President and CEO of Ø rsted Group in the Americas, said, "As electricity demand grows, the combination of solar energy and battery storage is crucial for reliable power delivery." "Due to the surge in data centers and the return of manufacturing to the United States, Arizona is one of the states with the highest electricity growth rates in the country. With our first project in Arizona now completed, we are pleased to be able to help meet the growing demand in the state and region through reliable domestic energy

To celebrate the economic benefits brought by the project to the local community and the significant contribution of clean electricity to Arizona, Ø rsted held a celebration event at the O&M facility on 11 Mile, with American suppliers, SRPs, community members, and local and state elected officials in attendance.

The Eleven Mile Solar Center is a significant investment in southern Arizona and a support for our state's growing energy demand, "said Lea Marquez Peterson, a corporate commissioner for Arizona. The eleven mile project demonstrates how clean energy can help us achieve resource diversification while ensuring the reliability of the local power grid

With the addition of the 11 Mile project, SRP has nearly 3000 megawatts of carbon free energy (including over 1400 megawatts of solar energy) to serve its customers. SRP also has nearly 1300 megawatts of batteries and pumped storage facilities to support its power grid. SRP is striving to at least double the amount of power generation resources in its power system over the next 10 years to meet the growing energy demand in the Phoenix metropolitan area, while advancing the planned retirement of 1300 megawatts of coal resources.

The energy and storage capacity provided by the eleven mile solar system plays an important role in helping achieve SRP's ambitious decarbonization goals while providing our customers with affordable and reliable energy, "said Bobby Olsen, Deputy General Manager and Chief Planning, Strategy, and Sustainability Executive, in recommending retail prices. We appreciate the collaboration with Ø rsted and Meta to bring more clean energy to our customers