US stays atop EY renewables attractiveness index, Spain heads PPA chart
May 27, 2022 16:32 CESTMay 5 (Renewables Now) - We witnessed a surge in power purchase agreement (PPA) announcements from the US after Easter. Boston Scientific, Royal DSM, Verizon, T-Mobile and other corporations will be buying power from wind and solar farms in the country. Corporate PPAs were also struck in other markets like Brazil, the UK and Spain.
-- Dominion opens 1.25-GW wind, solar, storage tender in Virginia
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US utility Dominion Energy Inc (NYSE:D) is seeking to contract up to 1 GW of solar and wind power and up to 250 MW of battery storage in Virginia in what it says is its largest renewables solicitation in a calendar year. Read more..
-- PowerSouth Energy Cooperative to buy power from 80-MW solar park
PowerSouth Energy Cooperative, a generation and transmission cooperative serving customers in Alabama and northwest Florida, will be buying power from a 80-MW solar plant developed by Origis Energy. Read more..
-- ACWA-led consortium signs PPA for 900-MW solar project in Dubai
Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power and its partner Gulf Investment Corporation (GIC) have signed a 25-year PPA for the output of the 900-MW fifth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum solar project in Dubai. Read more..
-- Ørsted, Nestle UK sign 31-MW offshore wind PPA
Ørsted A/S (CPH:ORSTED) will supply 31 MW of offshore wind power to meet 50% of the electricity demand of Nestle UK, the Danish energy company announced in April. Read more..
-- Royal DSM backs RE100 goals with 61-MW solar VPPA with Origis
Florida-based Origis Energy has signed an off-take deal with Dutch life sciences and materials sciences company Koninklijke DSM NV (AMS:DSM) for the output of a 61-MW solar project in Texas. Read more..
-- Brazil's Vulcabras signs USD-26m wind PPA with Casa dos Ventos
Brazilian shoe maker Vulcabras Azaleia (BVMF:VULC3) has signed a BRL-150-million (USD 26.4m/EUR 24.4m) PPA with local wind power developer Casa dos Ventos. Read more..
-- Enel Green Power inks 5-year hydro PPA in Guatemala
Italian renewables business Enel Green Power SpA has secured a five-year PPA to supply 42 GWh of renewable electricity annually in Guatemala. Read more..
-- Boston Scientific inks 42-MW solar PPA with Clearway
US medical devices maker Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE:BSX) unveiled a couple of deals with Clearway Energy Group LLC to buy solar power for its nation-wide operations. Read more..
-- Geronimo Energy inks VPPA for 200-MW solar project in Illinois
US renewables developer Geronimo Energy will be selling the output of its 200-MW Prairie Wolf solar park under a virtual PPA with agribusiness giant Cargill Inc. Read more..
-- Lightsource BP to add 44 MW of solar to serve US transit agency
Lightsource BP, the solar power company backed by BP Plc (LON:BP), will build a couple of solar farms in Pennsylvania, totalling 43.8 MW in direct current (DC), to serve one of the largest transit agencies in the US. Read more..
-- Verizon to buy power from 384 MW of solar, wind parks in US
US telecoms giant Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) has signed a number of virtual PPAs that will help finance the construction of wind and solar parks with a total capacity of 384 MW. Read more..
-- Macquarie Uni to go 100% renewable with Snowy Hydro
The Macquarie University in Sydney will power its campus entirely with renewables under a deal with domestic power producer and retailer Snowy Hydro Ltd. Read more..
-- First Solar signs PPAs for 100 MW in California
US thin-film photovoltaics (PV) maker First Solar Inc (NASDAQ:FSLR) has sealed a couple of long-term PPAs tied to the output of the 100-MW Rabbitbrush solar plant that is to be built in California. The counterparties are community choice aggregators (CCAs) Monterey Bay Community Power (MBCP) and Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE). Read more..
-- T-Mobile wants juice from newly operational wind park in Illinois
Wireless network operator T-Mobile US Inc (NASDAQ:TMUS) will be buying power from a 158-MW wind farm that just recently started commercial operation in the US state of Illinois. It and Avangrid Renewables LLC have signed a long-term contract tied to the Otter Creek wind park in LaSalle County. Read more..
-- EDPR inks PPA with Royal DSM for 59 MW of Spanish renewables
Dutch life sciences and materials sciences company Koninklijke DSM NV (AMS:DSM) has procured electricity from 59 MW of renewable power plants that EDP Renovaveis SA (ELI:EDPR) intends to build in Spain in the coming years. Read more..
-- EDPR inks 200-MW solar PPA in Mexico
EDP Renovaveis SA (ELI:EDPR) has signed a PPA for the output of the future 200-MW Los Cuervos solar photovoltaic (PV) park in Mexico. The off-taker is Ammper Energia S.A.P.I de C.V. (Ammper), a qualified service provider in the new Mexican electricity market. Read more..
-- Tilt lifts contracted output of 336-MW Dundonnell wind farm with ALDI deal
Retail giant ALDI Foods Pty Ltd will buy a small portion of the electricity coming from Tilt Renewables Ltd’s (NZE:TLT) 336-MW Dundonnell wind park in Victoria, taking the contracted production volume of the project to 93%. Read more..
-- Spain's CLH inks long-term renewable PPA with Axpo Iberia
Madrid-based electricity retailer Axpo Iberia SL has signed a 10-year PPA to supply renewable power to local oil products transportation company CLH Group. Read more..
-- University of Pennsylvania unveils 220-MW solar PPA
The University of Pennsylvania will be the off-taker of 220 MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) parks that will be built in the Commonwealth and go live at end-2022. Read more..
-- Corbetti geothermal project in Ethiopia secures govt PPA
The project company behind the Corbetti geothermal project in Ethiopia, along with its sponsors, has signed a new PPA and a implementation agreement (IA) with the Ethiopian government and Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) which will allow it to initiate the drilling programme. Read more..
US stays atop EY renewables attractiveness index, Spain heads PPA chart
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