E3 Consulting Services (E3) was pleased to participate in the groundbreaking ceremony for Black Hills Energy’s Pueblo Airport Generating Station Energy Storage Project on Friday, October 23, 2026, in Pueblo County, Colorado.

The energy storage project is a 50-megawatt (MW), 200-megawatt-hour (MWh) project utilizing lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery technology. Cloudbreak Energy developed the project, and it will be located adjacent to Black Hills Energy’s existing power station. Cloudbreak Energy develops, owns, and operates distributed and utility-scale solar and energy storage projects nationwide. Cloudbreak has also entered into an agreement to provide the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services for the project.

E3 served as the project’s Independent Engineer, providing technical due diligence to support development and financing. E3 is also providing construction monitoring services during the construction phase. Lucian Gavriliuc, PE, Executive Director of E3’s Energy Storage practice, served as the Project Manager for the project and represented E3 at the groundbreaking ceremony.

E3 congratulates Black Hills Energy, Cloudbreak Energy, and the entire project team on this milestone and looks forward to seeing the project through to completion.