Google is buying 140-MW of Texas solar power as part of 1.6-GW plan

San Francisco-based Candela
Renewables announced this week that with Google has signed a PPA with the
company for 140 MW of solar power that will be produced in Texas and sent to
the ERCOT power grid. As part of the agreement, Candela will develop a new
solar power project, boosting the local economy as a result of the investment
and creating new construction and permanent full-time jobs.

Over our years working
together, the team at Candela has pushed itself to not just develop renewable
power and storage projects, but to create projects and find partners that move
the entire industry forward in innovative ways that have an impact beyond an
individual piece of infrastructure.

Candela said that the agreement
is a part of Google’s largest renewable energy purchase ever, announced
by Google in September 2019, which is also the largest-ever corporate
purchase of renewable power – overall, a 1,600 MW package that will comprise 18
new energy deals, of which Candela’s PPA is a part.

In total, the 18 new deals span
the globe, and include investments in the U.S., Chile and Europe, said Google.

In the U.S., the company is
purchasing energy from 720 MW of solar farms in North Carolina (155 MW), South
Carolina (75 MW), and Texas (490 MW)—more than doubling the capacity of its
global solar portfolio.

In South America, Google is
adding 125 MW of renewable energy capacity to the grid that supplies its data
center in Chile. Finally, almost half (793 MW) of the new renewable energy
capacity purchased will be located
in Europe, specifically Finland (255 MW), Sweden (286 MW), Belgium (92 MW),
and Denmark (160 MW).