EDF Renewables North America has built on a previously signed solar power purchase agreement with community choice aggregator CleanPowerSF by reaching an additional agreement for an energy storage system.
Colorado Springs Utilities has signed a 17-year power purchase agreement for a 175 MW solar-plus-storage project being developed by German developer juwi.
Ørsted has sealed a 10-year power purchase agreement with German consumer product maker Henkel for a portion of the output of a roughly 250 MW wind farm in Texas.
Iowa wind developer RPM Access has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with Central Iowa Power Cooperative (CIPCO) for the output of a wind farm in the state's Delaware County.
8minute Solar Energy has signed a 15-year power purchase agreement with Clean Power Alliance, a Los Angeles-based community choice aggregator, for the output from a solar-plus-storage project in Tulare County, California.
BrightRidge, a local utility partner of the Tennessee Valley Authority in northeast Tennessee, has signed a 20-year deal for a solar project being developed by Silicon Ranch.
The city of Unalaska, Alaska, has signed a 30-year power purchase agreement with Ounalashka Corp and Chena Power for the output from a 30.9 MW geothermal project that will tap energy from the Makushin Volcano.
Asheville, North Carolina's Pine Gate Renewables has inked a power purchase agreement with Duke University in what the school calls a “historic” agreement to provide it with 101 MW of solar energy from three new facilities.
Verizon Communications has signed virtual power purchase agreements with Brookfield Renewable and First Solar for a combined total of 450 MW of renewable energy.
Verizon Communications has signed virtual power purchase agreements with Brookfield Renewable and First Solar for a combined total of 450 MW of renewable energy.
CenterPoint Energy's Indiana-based electric and gas utility, Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Co (SIGECO), is seeking 700 MW to 1,000 MW of solar or solar-plus-storage and 300 MW of wind generation in the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) market.
174 Power Global has signed a power purchase agreement with Chariot Energy, an affiliate of the developer that sells energy to retail customers in Texas, for a 30 MW portion of the output of a recently completed solar project.
The Tennessee Valley Authority has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement for the output of a 70 MW solar project being developed by Silicon Ranch as part of a deal to supply a Facebook data center.
The Delaware River Port Authority has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with SunPower Corp for an estimated 22 MW from a mixture of roof-mounted solar panels and solar canopies over parking, storage and work areas.
The Tennessee Valley Authority has signed power purchase agreements with two developers for solar projects totaling 212 MW in Tennessee and Mississippi.
Clearway Energy Group and Invenergy have signed long-term power purchase agreements with Verizon Communications for a total of 384 MW of renewable energy.
Origis Energy has signed a 15-year virtual power purchase agreement with nutrition and chemicals company Royal DSM for generation from a solar project in Texas.
Citi has signed a deal with an end customer to cover a portion of the output of a Texas wind project that was financed on the basis of a hedge provided by the bank last year.
The Kansas Corporation Commission has approved a power purchase agreement for an AEP Renewables wind project whose output will be used by aircraft manufacturer Spirit Aerosystems.
Los Angeles-based community choice aggregator Clean Power Alliance has awarded a 15-year energy storage agreement to sPower for a standalone battery storage project in Lancaster, Calif.
Renewables developer Community Energy has signed a 25-year power purchase agreement with the University of Pennsylvania for a two-phase solar project totaling 220 MW.
Battery storage developer esVolta has been awarded a power purchase agreement with the California Choice Energy Authority (CalChoice) for a 60 MWh lithium-ion project in Santa Paula, Calif.
The board of directors of utility Conway Corp. has approved a 20-year power purchase agreement with Lightsource BP for the output of the developer’s 132 MW Conway Solar project in Arkansas.
The Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission has approved 20-year power purchase agreements between three utilities and a solar project owned by D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments.
Puget Sound Energy has signed a power purchase agreement for the output of the major hydro project in the U.S. to be fully owned by Native American tribes.
Developers are moving forward with projects to supply smaller U.S. utilities owned by municipalities or through co-operative structures in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast.
EDF Renewables North America has signed a second power purchase agreement with Old Dominion Electric Cooperative for small-scale solar projects in Virginia.
Kentucky’s Henderson Municipal Power & Light has unanimously voted to pursue a 20-year power purchase agreement with Community Energy Solar for the output from a 50 MW solar project.
Canadian Solar has inked a power purchase agreement with an affiliate of steel, energy and construction conglomerate Grupo Techint for a solar project in Mexico.
Lumber producer Sierra Pacific Industries has signed a deal to sell 17 MW from a cogeneration facility at its Mt. Vernon Mill in Skagit County, Wash., to Puget Sound Energy.
Los Angeles-based private equity fund manager CIM Group has inked a power purchase agreement for a share of its 250 MW Aquamarine solar project in Kings County, Calif.
Geronimo Energy has inked a power purchase agreement with Bismarck, S.D.-based Basin Electric Power Cooperative for the output of its 128 MW Wild Springs Solar Project.
Three New England utilities have filed for Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities approval for a power purchase agreement with Mayflower Wind Energy’s eponymous 804 MW offshore wind farm, off the Massachusetts coast.
A series of recent announcements shows that there is continuing demand among regulated utility companies for contracted renewable energy, if developers know where to look.
Invenergy has signed a 12-year virtual power purchase agreement with a building materials firm for a portion of the output of a 250 MW wind farm it is in the process of selling to WEC Infrastructure.
Clearway Energy has signed a power purchase agreement with American Electric Power subsidiary AEP Energy and automaker Toyota for the output of a wind project in West Virginia.
D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with all three Rhode Island utilities—National Grid, Pascoag Utility District and Block Island Utility District—for the output from a 50 MW solar project.
Capital Dynamics has inked a long-term power purchase agreement with the Indiana Municipal Power Agency for a 100 MW solar project in southern Indiana.
Dominion Energy has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with William & Mary College for the output of a 20 MW solar project originally developed by Strata Solar in Virginia.
Dominion Energy has lined up 17-year power purchase agreements with Amazon and the government of Arlington County, Va., for the output of a 120 MW solar project.
Kentucky’s Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company have signed 20-year, fixed-priced renewable energy contracts with chemicals company Dow Inc. and automaker Toyota to provide power to the companies from the 100 MW Rhudes Creek solar farm.
Silicon Ranch has signed a power purchase agreement with the Tennessee Valley Authority, Nashville Electric Service and Vanderbilt University for the output from a new 35 MW solar project under the TVA’s Green Invest program
Ormat Technologies has inked a pair of 10-year power purchase agreements with California community choice aggregators Silicon Valley Clean Energy and Monterey Bay Community Power for a geothermal project it is developing in the state.
Ormat Technologies has inked a pair of 10-year power purchase agreements with California community choice aggregators Silicon Valley Clean Energy and Monterey Bay Community Power for a geothermal project it is developing in the state.
Recent power purchase agreement announcements reflect the trend in renewable energy toward multiple contracts with a mix of corporate, community choice aggregator and municipal counterparties, while utility procurement is increasingly driven by large customers in more regulated markets.
Google, through an affiliate called Lumen Group, has requested approval from the Nevada Public Utilities Commission for an energy supply agreement with NV Energy to power a new data center in Henderson, Nev., with solar energy and battery storage.
Ormat Technologies has reached an agreement with Hawaiian Electric Light to amend the power purchase agreement for its Puna geothermal plant, which was taken out by the Iower Puna volcanic eruption in 2018 but is now being expanded by 8 MW.
Enel Green Power North America has signed a 12-year power purchase agreement with food and beverage company Danone North America for a portion of the output of a wind project in Texas.
EDF Renewables North America has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with CleanPowerSF for a 100 MW tranche of the 500 MW Palen Solar project it is developing in Riverside County, Calif.
Walton Electric Membership Corp. has executed two additional power purchase agreements with Silicon Ranch as part of its efforts to meet social media company Facebook's demand for renewable energy.
The Georgia Public Service Commission has approved power purchase agreements for three solar projects in the state that will sell their output to Georgia Power.
Oil field services company Baker Hughes has signed a renewable energy supply agreement under which it will buy a blend of wind and solar generation from two projects in Texas for 10 years.
The government of Virginia's Fairfax County has awarded power purchase agreements to three development teams for roof-mounted and carport canopy-mounted solar installations at 113 government, school and park sites.
Shell Energy North America has committed to buy the output of a second tranche of EDF Renewables North America's 500 MW Palen Solar project in California, having previously signed a power purchase agreement for another portion in 2018.
Shell Energy North America has committed to buy the output of a second tranche of EDF Renewables North America's 500 MW Palen Solar project in California, having signed a power purchase agreement for another portion in 2018.
AES Tietê Energia has signed a 15-year power purchase agreement with a mining company for a portion of the output of a wind project it is developing in Brazil.
Enel Green Power North America has inked a 23-year power purchase agreement with Basin Electric Power Cooperative for a portion of the output of a 299 MW wind farm in North Dakota.
Georgia electric cooperative Walton Electric Membership Corp. has signed a power purchase agreement with a fourth solar project to meet the requirements of a Facebook data center in the state.
Two companies have signed 20-year power purchase agreements with wholesale power market administrator Cammesa for projects awarded during the third round of the Argentinian renewable procurement program, RenovAr.
Estée Lauder Companies has signed a virtual power purchase agreement with NextEra Energy Resources for a portion of the output of a 200 MW wind project in Oklahoma.
Enel Green Power North America has inked a 12-year virtual power purchase agreement with cleaning product maker Clorox for 70 MW of output from the second phase of its 497 MW Roadrunner solar project.
Engie North America is in the process of raising tax equity to finance its 225 MW Long Draw Solar Project, which is contracted with four municipal organizations in Texas.
EDP Renewables North America has signed a 15-year power purchase agreement with Shell Energy North America for the output from the 200 MW Sandrini Solar Park.
Mayflower Wind Energy has beaten out two rivals in the race to secure an 800 MW power purchase agreement in the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities’ second offshore wind procurement.
A Chevron Corp. subsidiary has signed a power purchase agreement with an under-construction solar project in Kern County, Calif., in order to power a nearby 40-year-old oil field.
Colombia is preparing to award power purchase agreements to four developers, including two that have not previously brought projects online in the country, following its inaugural renewable energy auction.
NextEra Energy Resources has signed a power purchase agreement for what the offtaker, storage and information management company Iron Mountain, is calling “the largest rooftop solar installation of any data center in the USA.”
Engie US Wind has signed a pair of virtual power purchase agreements with Walmart for two wind projects totaling more than 366 MW following a single procurement process run by the retailer.
Berkshire Hathaway Energy and Renewable Energy Systems are the latest developers to unveil a renewable energy project in Alberta as the Canadian province exerts its allure on local and international sponsors.
With Mexico’s government-run power auctions on ice, developers are pushing forward with renewable projects there on the basis of contracts with corporate offtakers. Meanwhile, utilities and non-utilities are signing up for wind and solar in the U.S. and Brazil.
Joint venture partners Perimeter Solar and Obton have signed a solar power purchase agreement for a portion of the output of a 130 MW solar project in Alberta.
Xcel Energy has awarded Lightsource BP a power purchase agreement for a 240 MW solar project in Colorado following the cancellation of a deal with Coronal Energy, the developer that came out on top in the original tender last year.
Two software industry juggernauts of renewables procurement, Microsoft and Google, both emphasized the latest innovations as they revealed their most recent power purchase agreements.
Engie has signed a 15-year power purchase agreement with Microsoft for 235 MW from a wind and a solar project in the U.S. in a deal that incorporates a volume firming agreement.
Duke Energy Renewables has signed a 12-year virtual power purchase agreement with mobile network operator Sprint Corp. for most of the output of a wind project in Texas.
Exelon Corp. subsidiary Constellation has agreed to buy the generation and renewable energy certificates from an sPower solar project in Virginia in order to supply three customers under its offsite renewable energy retail program, dubbed CORe.
Developers are poised to sign power purchase agreements with Michigan's Consumers Energy for solar projects totaling 584 MW after reaching a settlement with the utility over Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act avoided cost rates.
Michigan’s Consumers Energy has signed a 25-year power purchase agreement with Ranger Power for 100 MW of output from its 149 MW River Fork Solar project.
Lincoln Clean Energy, the U.S. onshore wind development arm of Denmark’s Ørsted, has identified Avery Dennison Corp. as the third offtaker for the remaining output of its 230 MW Plum Creek wind farm.
Hawaiian Electric Companies has signed a 25-year power purchase agreement with AES Solar for the output of the 12.5 MW AES Solar West Oahu project, which includes a 50 MW energy storage system.
Greengate Power Corp. plans to finance a 400 MW solar project in Alberta on a merchant basis, having received regulatory approval for it from the Alberta Utilities Commission.
Colorado’s Holy Cross Energy has signed a power purchase agreement with NGC Partners for 100 MW of output from the 150 MW Arriba Wind Farm, which is being co-developed with Guzman Energy.
The University of Arizona has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with Tucson Electric Power for a portion of the output from new solar and wind projects.
Argentine retail chain Libertad has inked a five-year power purchase agreement with Pampa Energia for the output from its 53 MW Pampa Energia II Wind Farm.
Avangrid Renewables has signed three 10-year power purchase agreements with the California Choice Energy Authority (CalChoice) for the output from its 22.44 MW Mountain View III Wind Farm.
This month saw fashion retailer Gap sign a 12-year virtual power purchase agreement for 90 MW from a wind project in North Dakota as well as solar deals in growing markets like Michigan, Louisiana and Utah, as well as a wind deal in Texas.
Texas’ Austin City Council has approved a 12-year power purchase agreement between E.ON Climate & Renewables and Austin Energy for 200 MW of output from the 440 MW Big Raymond wind farm.
Engie Energía Chile has inked a 15-year power purchase agreement with U.K.-based Atlas Renewable Energy for the output from the at-least 230 MW Sol del Desierto plant.
Utah Associated Municipal PowerSystems, on behalf of sixteen members utilities, has signed a 25-year power purchase agreement with a Navajo tribal authority that is developing a solar project on its territory in Utah.
The New Orleans City Council has approved three renewable energy projects totaling 90 MW for Entergy New Orleans, including two with 20-year power purchase agreements that are being developed by a third party.
Pacific Gas & Electric is seeking the approval of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court and California Public Utilities Commission for reduced-price power purchase agreements and energy storage contracts with three developers.
In this week’s round-up of the latest power purchase agreement news, we have contracts with a regional rail and bus operator and a tech firm as well as a request for proposals in the Desert Southwest.
Arizona Public Service Company plans to issue two requests for proposals by Sept. 15 to help expand its renewable energy portfolio with solar and wind projects.
This week’s round-up of power purchase agreement news features a hybrid wind, solar and battery project in Oklahoma, corporate PPAs for wind in Oklahoma and Argentina, and the largest solar project in Alberta.
Duke Energy Renewables has signed two virtual power purchase agreements with non-utility corporations for a 350 MW wind project it is developing in Oklahoma.
Building materials company Holcim Argentina is among the offtakers that have signed power purchase agreements with power producer YPF Luz for generation from its 172 MW Los Teros Wind Farm.
The Georgia Public Service Commission has mandated Georgia Power to to add 2.21 GW of mostly solar capacity to the grid by 2022, more than double the 1 GW originally proposed by the utility in its three-year integrated resource plan.
The Maine Public Utilities Commission has approved a 20-year power purchase agreement under which Emera Maine will purchase the output from Longroad Energy Partners' 72.6 MW Weaver Wind project.
Texas utility company Lower Colorado River Authority has signed power purchase agreements with two developers for generation from two solar projects in the state.
Exelon company Constellation has inked a 15-year power purchase agreement with Scout Clean Energy for 80%, or roughly 104 MW, of the output from the 130 MW Bitter Ridge Wind Farm.
Exelon company Constellation has inked a 15-year power purchase agreement with Scout Clean Energy for 80%, or roughly 104 MW, of the output from the 130 MW Bitter Ridge Wind Farm.
California community choice aggregator Clean Power Alliance has signed power purchase agreements totaling 275 MW with NextEra Energy Resources, Clearway Energy Group and Isabella Partners.
Nevada's NV Energy has awarded 25-year power purchase agreements for about 1.2 GW of solar and 590 MW of battery storage capacity in the state to three developers.
EDP Renewables North America has won a 20-year power purchase agreement with Oakland, Calif.-based community choice aggregator East Bay Community Energy for 100 MW of solar generation and 30 MW of energy storage from its Sonrisa Solar Park project.
Ham and hotdog maker Smithfield Foods has inked a 12-year power purchase agreement with Allete Clean Energy for 75 MW from its 300 MW Diamond Springs Wind Farm.
Retail giant Target has signed power purchase agreements with ENGIE North America and Leeward Renewable Energy as it nears its goal of using renewable sources for its electricity needs by 2030.