Spanish developer Matrix Renewables has acquired a controlling interest in the 261 MWdc/200 MWac Pleasant Valley Solar Project from US renewables developer rPlus Energies.
US renewables developer rPlus energies has signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with Idaho Power – a state utility – for its planned 200MW Pleasant Valley Solar project in Ada County, Idaho. The power will support operations at a data centre owned by Silicon Valley giant Meta.
Avangrid – the US subsidiary of Spanish utility Iberdrola – has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with social media giant Meta for power produced at its True North solar PV project in Falls County, Texas.
US-based renewable energy developer Apex Clean Energy has signed an environmental asset purchase agreement with tech giant Meta for a 195MW solar project in Texas.
PV has outpaced wind as the preferred choice for corporate buyers in the US, with utility-scale solar accounting for 58% of the total contracted clean power to date, according to trade body the American Clean Power Association (ACP).
The American arm of bp, through its 50:50 joint venture partner Lightsource bp, has begun construction on a 134MW solar project in Fulton County, Ohio.
Tech giant Meta has partnered with independent power producer Silicon Ranch to build seven solar projects in Georgia and Tennessee with a capacity of 720MW.
D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI), the US renewable energy developer, has signed a 200MW power purchase agreement (PPA) with tech and social media titan Meta for power produced at the Long Lake solar project in Arkansas.
In the span of two and a half years, commercial solar has doubled its installed capacity from 9.8GW at the end of 2019 to 19GW of solar PV until June 2022.
