EDF power solutions North America has signed two 25-year power purchase agreements with utility NV Energy covering the combined output of the Winston Energy Project, a new 400 MWac solar plant paired with a 400 MW / 1,600 MWh battery energy storage system in Lyon County, Nevada.
What The Winston Project Delivers
Operations are slated to begin in October 2029. EDF says construction will employ more than 400 workers at peak, generate roughly 1.11 TWh of clean electricity each year — enough for about 100,000 Nevada homes — and produce close to $100 million in local tax revenue over the life of the project. The plant sits along the planned route of NV Energy's 235-mile, 525 kV Greenlink North transmission line, which is targeting service by December 2028 and unlocks new interconnection capacity between Ely and Yerington.
KKR-Backed EDF Doubles Down On Nevada
The Winston Energy deal adds to EDF's existing Nevada footprint of 734 MW of operating solar and 1,155 MWh of battery storage across two facilities and one project under construction. Together, EDF projects account for a sizeable share of the 8.24 GW of installed solar reported in the state by the SEIA. The developer's parent business — an arm of French utility EDF Group — was agreed to be acquired by KKR for $4.2 billion in July, making the private-equity firm a de facto sponsor of the new PPA.
NV Energy Ramps Solar-Plus-Storage For Data Centers
The Winston contracts follow a string of recent solar-plus-storage procurements by NV Energy, which is racing to serve fast-growing data-center load, electrification demand and Nevada's clean-energy mandates. Companion deals — such as the Arevon Nighthawk BESS and the Beacon Fen solar-BESS approval — point to a broader utility appetite for large, dispatchable renewables paired with multi-hour lithium storage.
Reporting based on coverage from pv magazine USA and ESS News.