Enel signs aggregated VPPA for 350 MW Azure Sky project with 137 MW battery storage in Throckmorton

MilliporeSigma, Akamai Technologies, Inc. (AKAM), Synopsys (SNPS), and Uber (UBER), with support from Sustainability Roundtable Inc’s Net Zero Consortium for Buyers, signed power purchase agreements with Enel Green Power for the energy produced by a 111 MW portion of the 350 MW Azure Sky project with 137 MW battery storage located west of the Dallas-Fort Worth area in Throckmorton County, Texas.

MilliporeSigma will get a 68 MW portion of the Azure Sky wind project, Akamai secured a 18 MW portion, Synopsys will offtake a 15 MW portion, and Uber will buy a 10 MW portion.

The four companies were supported on the aggregation deals by Sustainability Roundtable Inc’s Net Zero Consortium for Buyers, a buyers’ platform committed to creating corporate buyer favorable renewable energy transactions. The wind energy purchased by the four companies from the 111 MW portion of the Azure Sky project is expected to generate around 430,000 MWh each year, equivalent to the electricity used by approximately 40,000 average US homes annually.