DuPont seals PPA for 135 MW Appaloosa Run wind project in Upton

DuPont has signed a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources, LLC for a generation capacity of the equivalent of 135 MW of new wind energy in Texas. The agreement, subject to customary performance conditions, supports DuPont’s Acting on Climate goal of reducing absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30% by 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2050.

The VPPA will deliver the equivalent of 135 MW of new wind power capacity or approximately 528,000 megawatt-hours (MWh) of renewable electricity annually. This amount of clean energy is equivalent to avoiding the carbon emissions from more than 81,000 passenger cars driven each year, or the annual electricity consumption of nearly 70,000 homes.

A subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources is developing the project and will build, own, and operate it. The new Appaloosa Run Wind project will be built in Upton County, Texas, and is expected to be operational by the end of 2022.