EDPR signs PPA for 240 MW solar project in USA

EDP Renewables SA (EDPR), through its fully owned subsidiary EDP Renewables North America LLC has signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with META for 156 megawatts (MW) at the 240 MW Cattlemen Solar Park in Milam County, located in central Texas.

EDP Renewables North America developed and will construct, own, and operate Cattlemen Solar Park. The US$280 million solar project has the capacity to generate enough energy to power the equivalent of more than 37,000 average Texas homes annually and save approximately 304 million gallons of water a year.

Cattlemen will provide economic benefits by way of payments to local landowners, an estimated US$55 million in taxes paid to support local schools and other essential community services, job opportunities during the project’s construction and operations, and an increase in money spent at businesses in the vicinity of the project. The project is expected to be operational in 2023.