Spreckels Sugar Company's Solar Microgrid Project
Spreckels Sugar Company, Inc.
Recipient
Brawley, CA
Recipient Location
Senate District
36th
Assembly District
$1,472,994
Amount Spent
Active
Project Status
Project Update
The Issue
Project Innovation
This project will demonstrate an islandable microgrid with solar photovoltaic panels and an energy storage system at Spreckels Sugar Company's sugar beet facility in Brawley, California.
Project Benefits
Economic Development
This project will increase the competitiveness of California food processing sector by providing cheaper and more reliable power.
Environmental Sustainability
This project will reduce greenhouse gas and criteria pollutant emissions by reducing grid electricity through the production of solar energy. It will also help pioneer microgrid and energy storage technology, which can help renewable integration.
Subrecipients
Clean Focus Renewables, Inc
Match Partners
Spreckels Sugar Company, Inc.
Clean Focus Renewables, Inc
