In the last two weeks, Facebook and Amazon announced wind power purchase agreements (PPAs) in Ireland, Digital Realty agreed to buy solar power in Texas, and Danske Commodities struck an off-take deal for a portion of the Dogger Bank offshore wind complex's output. We start with the most recent news.
-- Digital Realty to buy power from freshly financed solar project in Texas
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US renewables developer and operator Pattern Energy Group LP has started building a 82.5-MW solar power plant in Texas after successfully completing its financing. Digital Realty Trust Inc (NYSE:DLR) has sealed a 12-year PPA for about 78% of the solar park’s future output. Read more..
-- Amazon seals 3rd wind PPA in Ireland
Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) has secured another renewable PPA in Ireland, where it has now contracted a total of 229 MW of wind power generating capacity. Read more..
-- AES Gener wins 59-MW solar PPA in Ecopetrol tender
Santiago-based power company AES Gener SA has secured a 15-year PPA for the construction, operation and maintenance (O&M) of a 59-MW solar plant in a tender held by Colombian oil company Ecopetrol SA (NYSE:EC). Read more..
-- Avangrid secures PPA for 200-MW wind project in Oregon
Avangrid Renewables LLC has signed a PPA with Puget Sound Energy (PSE) for the electricity coming from a 200-MW wind farm that will be built in Oregon. Read more..
-- Indian Hotels to buy solar energy from Tata Power
The Indian Hotels Company Ltd (BOM:500850), or IHCL, has sealed a 25-year solar PPA with electric utility Tata Power Co Ltd (BOM:500400). Read more..
-- Danske Commodities inks 480-MW PPA for Dogger Bank offshore wind farm
Danish energy trader Danske Commodities announced an off-take deal to balance and trade part of the output of the 3.6-GW Dogger Bank offshore wind power complex in the North Sea. Read more..
-- CenterPoint unit in Indiana opens 1.3-GW renewables RfP
US power utility CenterPoint Energy Inc (NYSE:CNP) is looking for proposals for up to 1,300 MW of solar, wind and storage capacity to meet electricity demand in its southwestern Indiana area. Read more..
-- Facebook agrees Irish wind deal with Brookfield
Social media giant Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) has agreed to buy the output of a 28.8-MW wind farm that Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners (NYSE:BEP) will build in Ireland. Read more..
Wind turbines. Source: Avangrid Renewables (www.avangridrenewables.us)
