CIP affiliate completes purchase of 350 MWac solar in USA
Solar Plus Development Inc. (SPDI), a subsidiary of Plus Renewable Technologies, Limited and Avondale Solar, LLC have completed the sale of the 350 MWac Fighting Jays solar PV project in Fort Bend County, Texas, that they have been developing via their affiliate, AP Solar Holdings, LLC, to an affiliate of Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners P/S (CIP).
On July 7, 2020, CIP, Fighting Jays Solar and Shell Energy North America (US), L.P. entered into a long term hedge agreement under which Shell will purchase physical power from Fighting Jays Solar.
Additionally, on July 23, 2020, CIP issued notice to proceed to Centerpoint Energy to begin construction of a substation to allow Fighting Jays Solar to interconnect into the ERCOT grid. Snapper Creek Energy Advisors, LLC advised CIP on the structuring and execution of the novel hedge program with Shell.
Fighting Jays Solar is expected to break ground in the second half of 2020 and be operational by the summer of 2022. Due to its close proximity to the Houston metro area, the project is expected to experience minimal curtailment and basis risk to the premium Houston Zone of ERCOT.
Trevor Nash, the CEO of AP Solar Holdings, LLC said: "We are very pleased to have completed our agreement with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners on the development and sale of Fighting Jays Solar and we look forward to working with CIP on other projects in the future. When fully operational, Fighting Jays will be the largest renewable facility supplying clean and reliable power to the Houston Zone. Due to projected population growth, Houston Zone is expected to be by far the largest load pocket in ERCOT over the next several years."
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