ENGIE North America this week announced that it has entered into additional Power Purchase Agreements with Meta that will increase the overall scale of the commercial relationship between the two companies to more than 1.3 GW across four Texas projects.
The announced PPAs include ENGIE’s new 600 MW Swenson Ranch Solar project in Stonewall county, southeast of Lubbock, according to a news release. The project will be the single largest asset in ENGIE’s more than 11 GW operating and in construction portfolio consisting of solar, wind and battery storage assets in North America. Swenson is expected to be operational in 2027, and Meta will purchase 100% of the project’s output to support its data center operations in the United States.
“We are excited to continue the expansion of our relationship with Meta,” said Dave Carroll, CEO and Chief Renewables Officer, ENGIE North America. “Our objective is to bring reliable, cost competitive power to the grid as rapidly as possible, and projects like Swenson demonstrate the importance of solar to meet the timely needs of our customers.”…