North America / Commercial & demonstration

Mesa Del Sol Microgrid

Organizations, planners, suppliers, equipment, controls, and reported system specifications—with source-level citations.

CoverageDetailed public record
Named organizations5
System facts10
Sources reviewed1
Last researched2026-07-19

Mesa Del Sol Microgrid is catalogued as a commercial & demonstration system in North America.

Research status
Operational
Historical classification
Commercial
Reported capacity
400 kW
Coordinates
34.98664, -106.61324
Evidence note: “Every company” cannot be proven from public material alone. This page lists every organization found in the recovered record and reviewed sources, preserves unknown roles, and explicitly marks undisclosed controller or equipment details.

Project delivery

Who was involved in Mesa Del Sol Microgrid?

5 publicly identified organizations. Where a recovered source named a participant without explaining its work, the role remains explicitly unspecified.

Organization

DOE

Publicly named participant; role not specified in the recovered record [1]

Organization

Forest City Enterprises

Publicly named participant; role not specified in the recovered record [1]

Organization

NEDO

Publicly named participant; role not specified in the recovered record [1]

Organization

Sandia

Publicly named participant; role not specified in the recovered record [1]

Organization

Shimizu

Publicly named participant; role not specified in the recovered record [1]

System evidence

Reported capacity and specifications

Values can describe different project phases or components. Source citations are attached to each figure so discrepancies remain visible.

KW Solar
50 [1]
KW Gas/Diesel
240 [1]
KW Fuel Cell
80 [1]
Storage
90/160 KW/KWH [1]

Controls and hardware

Equipment and controller details

Manufacturer and model are shown only when a source names them. Generic descriptions are not converted into guessed product assignments.

No controller or equipment model was found in the reviewed public sources. This is a disclosure gap, not evidence that the project lacks coordinated controls.

Recovered detail

Additional technical notes

Concise system facts recovered from the historical project record. Treat these as historical unless a newer primary source confirms them.

  • Storage

    900 kW Lead Acid Batteries Capacity [1]

  • Storage

    160 kWh Lead Acid Battery Storage [1]

  • Storage

    Thermal Storage [1]

  • Generation

    – 80 kW fuel cells [1]

  • Generation

    – 50 kW PV system [1]

  • Generation

    – 240 kW gas-engine generator [1]

Provenance

1 source

Primary owner, government, university, supplier, and engineering sources are preferred. Archived references preserve claims whose original pages moved or disappeared.

  1. [1]
    Recovered Microgrid Projects record

    Internet Archive · Archived source · captured 2021-04-20