PPA deal for 200 MW solar project in the USA

EDF Renewables North America has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) deal with NV Energy for the Arrow Canyon Solar Project. The project features 200 megawatts (MWac) photovoltaic park with 75 MW-5hr battery storage and is located in Clark County, Nevada. It is expected to begin delivery of clean electricity in December 2022.

Located on the Moapa Band of Paiute Indians Reservation, 20 miles northeast of Las Vegas, Arrow Canyon Solar Project will benefit the Moapa Tribe and the local community over its operating life through land lease, tax, and other payments and 250-600 temporary construction-related jobs.

Arrow Canyon is also specially designed to generate clean energy while minimizing impacts to wildlife, habitat, and other environmental resources of the Moapa tribal lands. The project will utilize high efficiency bifacial solar photovoltaic (PV) modules in conjunction with a tier 1 energy storage system supplier.

In addition to its economic benefits for the Tribe and Clark County, the project will utilize an innovative design to generate enough clean energy to meet the consumption of up to 64,000 average Nevada homes. This is equivalent to avoiding more than 464,000 metric tons of CO₂ emissions annually1 which represents the greenhouse gas emissions from 98,000 passenger vehicles driven over the course of one year.

EDF Renewables’ Asset Optimization group will perform operations and maintenance services for the life of the Project. The group will provide NERC compliance support, remote monitoring, and balance-of-plant management to maximize power production.

“NV Energy is excited to work with EDF Renewables to bring more low cost clean energy and battery storage to the state of Nevada and our customers,” said Doug Cannon, NV Energy President and CEO. “We appreciate the partnership of EDF Renewables and the Moapa Band of Paiutes in helping us advance our long-term goal of serving our customers with 100 percent renewable energy.”