EDF Renewables Signs PPA, Sales Agreement with Indiana Michigan Power for Indiana Solar Plants

Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--EDF Renewables North America (San Diego, California) is reaping the rewards of its buildout of renewable energy in the U.S., having made a recent power purchase agreement (PPA) for all of the output from a solar plant as well as a sales agreement for another plant with Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) (Fort Wayne, Indiana), a subsidiary of American Electric Power (NASDAQ:AEP) (Columbus, Ohio). Industrial Info is tracking about $30 billion worth of active EDF projects in the U.S.

I&M signed a 30-year PPA for all of the output from the Sculpin solar facility, which is planned to be constructed in DeKalb County, Indiana. Construction is planned to kick off next year, putting the facility on track to generate 180 megawatts (MW) of power in 2025. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Power Project Database can click here for the full report.

While I&M is purchasing the power from Sculpin, the company is getting even more ambitious with another planned Indiana facility, purchasing a 100% equity interest in the Lake Trout solar project, planned for Blackford County, Indiana, following the completion of construction activities. Construction on the 245-MW facility is set to begin later this year, with the facility going into operation in 2024. EDF is developing the project with Geenex Solar (Charlotte, North Carolina), from which it acquired the project in October 2020. Subscribers can click here for more details.

The two projects are just the tip of the iceberg in regard to EDF's project activity occurring throughout the U.S. Of the $30 billion worth of active EDF projects in the U.S. being tracked by Industrial Info, more than $20 billion worth are in the Rocky Mountains and Northeast market regions.

In the Northeast, EDF is at work on the Morris Ridge solar project in Livingston County, New York, in the west of the state. The facility will use approximately 370,000 solar panels to provide a nameplate generating capacity of 177 MW. The facility will interconnect with the New York power grid at a new point of interconnection in Mount Morris, tapping into a 230-kilovolt transmission line that connects to two existing substations. The facility is expected to start generating power next year. Subscribers can click here for more information.

Also in New York, EDF is planning an even larger solar project for Herkimer County, which will be accompanied by a battery energy storage system (BESS). The Columbia photovoltaic project will have a nameplate generating capacity of 350 MW and will feature a BESS unit to provide power when the sun isn't shining. Construction could possibly begin next year. Subscribers can click here for the report on the solar facility and click here for the report on the BESS unit.

In the Rocky Mountains market region, most of EDF's activity is occurring in Nevada. Examples include EDF's Chuckwalla solar project on the Moapa Band of Paiute Indians reservation, 35 miles northeast of Las Vegas, which also will feature battery energy storage. The solar facility will provide a generation capacity of 250 MW, while the BESS unit will provide 180 MW of output for times of high demand or when the sun isn't shining. Construction is set to begin later this year, putting the facility on track to begin producing and storing power in 2024. Subscribers can learn more by viewing the project reports on the solar farm and BESS unit.

But some of EDF's largest planned U.S. projects are offshore, such as the planned Atlantic Shores offshore windfarm, off the New Jersey coast. As proposed, the project initially would feature 110 wind turbines, each with a generating capacity of 8 MW, to provide 880 MW of power. EDF and partner Shell plc (NYSE:SHEL) (London, England) won in the bidding process for the site in an auction in March of last year. The 79,351-acre lease area is large enough to support expansions to the original development, potentially supporting around 1.5 gigawatts of power generation. Subscribers can click here for the related project reports.

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