EDP Renewables, Meta sign PPA for new Cattlemen Solar Park in Texas
EDP Renewables North America and Meta have signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) for 156-MW at the 240-MW Cattlemen Solar Park in Milam County, located in central Texas.
EDPR NA will build, own, and operate Cattlemen Solar Park, which is anticipated to be operational in 2023. This is the second PPA EDP Renewables and Meta have executed. The first was a 139-MW PPA for the 200-MW Headwaters II Wind Farm in Indiana. The companies are also partnering on EDPR’s 200-MW Randolph Solar Park, where the entire capacity of the project will be dedicated to supporting Meta’s data center in Mesa, Arizona.
Further, EDPR and Meta are working together to bring 495 MW of renewable energy to the grid, supplying Meta’s goal of supporting its global operations with 100 percent renewable energy.
“EDP Renewables is pleased to collaborate, once again, with Meta on another renewable energy project,” Miguel Stilwell d’Andrade, CEO of EDP & EDPR, said. “Projects like Cattlemen Solar Park reinforce our commitment to accelerate the energy transition while providing clean energy and economic support and opportunities to the local communities in which we operate.”
EDPR is the world’s fourth-largest renewable energy producer.
“As our global infrastructure continues to grow, partnerships like the one with EDP Renewables are increasingly important for us to meet our ambitious sustainability goals,” Urvi Parekh, head of renewable energy at Meta, said. “Investing in local communities is important to us, and we are proud that this project is bringing new solar energy to the grid, providing construction jobs, and contributing to local water savings.”
EDP Renewables owns and operates six wind energy projects in Texas, totaling 1,089 MW of capacity, which generate electricity equivalent to the consumption of more than 236,000 average Texas homes.
