The software program big entered into two energy buy agreements for a complete of 400 MW of photo voltaic vitality from Texas photo voltaic crops.
April 8, 2024
From pv journal USA
Leeward Renewable Vitality introduced that it entered into two 200 MW energy buy agreements (PPA) with Microsoft Corp. for energy generated by the Morrow Lake Photo voltaic in Frio County, Texas, and Cradle Photo voltaic in Brazoria County, Texas.
Microsoft, which has over 200 knowledge facilities worldwide, studies that it has a objective of overlaying 100% of these vitality wants with renewable vitality manufacturing by 2025, plans to be carbon adverse by 2030 and says that by 2050 it is going to “take away our historic emissions since our founding in 1975.” In its 2022 Photo voltaic Means Enterprise report, the Photo voltaic Vitality Industries Affiliation ranked Microsoft fifth on the listing of company patrons of photo voltaic vitality, becoming a member of Meta, Apple, Amazon and Walmart as leaders.
The Morrow Lake challenge is at the moment underneath growth, and Cradle Photo voltaic building is deliberate to start within the second quarter. Every has created about 300 building jobs. The Morrow Lake Photo voltaic facility is predicted to be full by the fourth quarter of 2024, with completion of Cradle Photo voltaic anticipated by the fourth quarter 2025.
Each initiatives assist neighborhood packages together with academic initiatives, aiding within the institution of a youth agricultural coaching heart and donating to native occasions,
“We look ahead to strengthening {our relationships} with Frio County and Brazoria County as we develop and function the 2 services and ship substantial and transformative advantages for native residents and communities for years to come back, all whereas we assist U.S. manufacturing,” stated Jason Allen, Leeward Renewable Vitality’s chief govt officer.
Leeward Renewable Vitality studies that it at the moment owns and operates a 3 GW portfolio of 31 wind, photo voltaic, and vitality storage services throughout the U.S. It’s a portfolio firm of OMERS Infrastructure, an funding arm of OMERS, one of many largest outlined pension plans in Canada, with $127.4 billion Canadian in web belongings as of the tip of Q2 2023.
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