Torch Clean Energy is developing two 80 MW solar arrays in Cochise County, Arizona, and has selected Fluence Energy to deliver a 160 MW / 640 MWh battery system to support the renewables, the companies announced Wednesday.

The project is an example of the clean energy buildout expected across the United States. The U.S. Energy Information Administration expects domestic utility-scale battery storage to more than double over the next two years, to close out 2026 at nearly 65 GW.

Torch’s project, dubbed “Winchester,” is expected to be online in 2027 and will support grid balancing and the forecasted load growth for the region, as well as economic development and local infrastructure investment, the companies said. Torch is a renewables developer focused on the U.S. Mid-Atlantic and Southwest, and has developed and solar more than 1.2 GW of green power assets.

“Torch is excited to partner with Fluence to manufacture the energy storage system for our Winchester project,” said Torch President Travis Haggard. The battery “will allow us to shift cost-effective solar generation to be dispatched when the grid needs it most.”

Fluence’s Gridstack Pro 5000 battery will include domestically manufactured enclosures, inverters and thermal management systems “to enable the full solar-plus-storage facility to qualify for domestic content tax credits,” the companies said. Fluence says it has more than 22 GWh of battery energy storage capacity deployed or contracted across projects in the U.S.

“This facility is a great step toward ensuring affordable, reliable, and secure power for the local community and will support regional economic activity and expected load growth for many years to come,” Fluence Americas President John Zahurancik said in a statement.