EDP Renewables, Redwood Coast Energy Authority Execute Long-Term Agreement for New California Solar Park
May 06 2020 - 1:00PM
EDP Renewables SA (EDPR), through its fully owned subsidiary EDP
Renewables North America LLC (EDPR NA), and Redwood Coast Energy
Authority (RCEA) have executed a 15-year power purchase agreement
(PPA) for 100 megawatts (MW) for the Sandrini Sol 1 Solar Park in
Kern County, California.
Located near Bakersfield, the 100 MW Sandrini Sol 1 Solar Park
is expected to be operational in 2022 and represents an estimated
capital investment of more than $100 million. The project
will bring economic benefits to Californians by way of payments to
local landowners and governments, job opportunities during
construction and operations, and an increase in money spent at
local businesses in the vicinity of the solar park. Sandrini
Sol 1 will also generate enough clean electricity to annually power
more than 46,000 average California homes and will save
approximately 177 million gallons of water a year.
As the solar park’s only offtaker through the long-term PPA,
RCEA will receive 100 percent of the project output. RCEA is
a community choice aggregator serving more than 60,000 customers in
Humboldt County. This project will generate enough
electricity to meet approximately 45% of RCEA customers’ demand.
Sandrini Sol 1 will complement the several local solar
projects that are also under development, including RCEA’s 2.5 MW
solar and storage microgrid project at the Redwood Coast Airport as
well as PPAs for another 3 MW of local solar projects that were
recently approved through RCEA’s feed-in-tariff program.
“The State has set a target for a 100% clean and renewable
electricity mix by 2045, and RCEA has established the ambitious
objective of hitting that target 20 years early, in 2025,” said
RCEA Executive Director Matthew Marshall. “By providing
enough affordable, renewable energy to meet almost half of our
customers’ current electricity needs, the Sandrini Sol project is a
major step toward achieving our local energy and climate
goals.”
This agreement broadens RCEA and EDPR’s partnership and furthers
the two companies’ commitments to growing renewable energy in
California, noting RCEA, EDPR, and others also announced on April
2, 2018, their entrance into a public-private partnership to pursue
the development of an offshore wind energy project off the Northern
California coast.
“EDP Renewables is excited to work with RCEA on the development
of another renewable energy project to respond to the increasing
demand for more clean energy solutions in California,” said Miguel
Prado, EDP Renewables North America CEO. “Sandrini Sol 1
represents EDP Renewables’ burgeoning presence in the California
renewable energy market and reinforces our commitment to investing
in the state.”
EDP Renewables is a global leader in wind and solar, with a
significant and an expanding presence in California. The
company’s operational footprint in the state includes two phases of
the Lone Valley Solar Park in San Bernardino County and three
phases of the Rising Tree Wind Farm in Kern County – annually
powering more than 101,000 average California homes. EDPR NA
will also construct the Sonrisa Solar Park, consisting of 200 MW of
solar capacity and 40 MW of storage capacity, in Fresno County, and
the 200 MW Sandrini Sol 2 Solar Park in Kern County, which are both
anticipated to be operational in 2022.
About RCEA
Established in 2003, the Redwood Coast Energy Authority is a
local government joint powers agency whose members include the
County of Humboldt, the seven cities within the county, and the
Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District. The Energy Authority's
purpose is to develop and implement sustainable energy initiatives
that reduce energy demand, increase energy efficiency, and advance
the use of clean, efficient and renewable resources available in
the region.
About EDP Renewables North America
EDP Renewables North America LLC (EDPR NA) and its subsidiaries
develop, construct, own, and operate wind farms and solar parks
throughout North America. Headquartered in Houston, Texas,
with 52 wind farms, eight solar parks, and eight regional and
development offices across North America, EDPR NA has developed
more than 7,300 megawatts (MW) and operates more than 7,000 MW of
renewable energy projects. EDPR NA is owned by EDP
Renováveis, S.A. (EDPR). For more information, visit
www.edprnorthamerica.com.
Nancy Stephenson, Community Strategies Manager
Redwood Coast Energy Authority
(707) 382-7110
nstephenson@RedwoodEnergy.org
Blair Matocha, Senior Communications Manager
EDP Renewables North America
(281) 414-7589
blair.matocha@edpr.com
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