ENR Southwest 2023 Top Starts Preview
Top Starts project details were derived from data provided by Dodge Data & Analytics, reports from within the public record and information provided by the project teams.
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ENR Southwest 2023 Top Starts
| Rank | Project/ Location |
Project Cost ($ Mil.) | Start Date/ End Date |
Owner | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SUNZIA WIND 3,500+ MW Lincoln, N.M. |
$4,500 | Sept. 2023 Feb. 2026 |
Pattern Energy Group LP | Quanta Services Inc. |
| 2 | LG ENERGY BATTERY PLANT - CYLINDRICAL BATTERIES BUILDING Queen Creek, Ariz. |
$1,600 | Oct. 2023 Nov. 2025 |
LG Energy Solution Michigan Inc. | W.G. Yates & Sons Construction Co. |
| 3 | THACKER PASS LITHIUM MINE Nevada |
$1,059 | May 2023 Dec. 2025 |
Lithium Americas | Bechtel Corp. |
| 4 | SUNZIA SOUTHWEST TRANSMISSION New Mexico |
$1,000 | Sept. 2023 Feb. 2026 |
Southwestern Power II LLC | Quanta Services Inc. |
| 5 | SAN JUAN SOLAR/BATTERY STORAGE 598 MW Waterflow, N.M. |
$747.5 | July 2023 May 2024 |
D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments/DESRI | SOLV Energy |
| 6 | YELLOW PINE SOLAR PROJECT 500MW Las Vegas |
$550 | Jan. 2023 July 2025 |
NextEra Energy Resources LLC | NA |
| 7 | DESERT DIAMOND CASINOS WEST GLENDALE CASINO Glendale, Ariz. |
$450 | July 2023 July 2025 |
Desert Diamond Casinos | The Penta Building Group |
| 8 | SAN JUAN 1 SOLAR & STORAGE Farmington, N.M. |
$425.3 | Nov. 2023 NA |
PNM Resources | SOLV Energy |
| 9 | SOUTH PIER (LOT 6) PH1 RESIDENTIAL TOWERS Tempe, Ariz. |
$385 | Sept. 2023 July 2026 |
MC Construction Consultants | Clayco Inc. |
| 10 | ATRISCO SOLAR FARM 360 MW Rio Rancho, N.M. |
$375 | Feb. 2023 June 2024 |
Clenera LLC | NA |