Following a aggressive solicitation, the Southwest Public Power Agency Inc. (SPPA) has signed an influence buy settlement (PPA) with a BrightNight three way partnership (JV) for the supply of 300 MW of photo voltaic vitality and 600 MWh of battery storage energy.
That is the biggest renewable energy buy in SPPA’s operational historical past and can provide 21 of SPPA’s constituent members.
Energy shall be equipped from BrightNight’s Field Canyon undertaking situated in Pinal County, Ariz., held collectively with BrightNight’s JV accomplice, Cordelio Power.
The undertaking lately accomplished its remaining main allowing milestones and is predicted to start operation in 2025.
“SPPA is proud to provide its members with protected, dependable and inexpensive electrical energy from an industry-leading renewable energy undertaking,” says Dennis Delaney, SPPA’s undertaking supervisor. “BrightNight was capable of perceive our long-term targets and suggest an answer to fulfill the wants of our members and their clients, whereas remaining cost-effective.”
BrightNight makes a speciality of utility-scale dispatchable energy and leveraged its in-house optimization know-how to evaluate SPPA’s wants and ship a value-creating resolution that goes past the know-how configuration within the unique RFP. BrightNight developed the Field Canyon undertaking as a part of their three way partnership with Cordelio Energy, which owns and develops renewable energy amenities throughout North America and is wholly owned by the Canadian Pension Plan Funding Board.
“Our partnership with SPPA is emblematic of our customer-centric strategy that delivers options that transcend buyer expectations,” states BrightNight CEO Martin Hermann. “We’re excited to ship dependable, dispatchable, renewable energy to SPPA and applaud SPPA for his or her management in offering cost-effective, long-term, clear energy to its members and their clients.” The Field Canyon undertaking is predicted to offer roughly one-third of SPPA’s peak capability wants and 19-21% of SPPA’s vitality wants.
