EDP Renewables North America is to sell electricity to East Bay Community Energy (EBCE) from 100MW solar and 30MW energy storage facilities in California under a 20-year power purchase agreement.
The Sonrisa solar park combined with storage systems will be EDP Renewables’ first multi-technology project in North America.
It is expected to be operational in 2022 and will bring economic benefits to the region and to California in the form of jobs, landowner and tax payments, and money spent in local communities, EDPR said.
EBCE initiated service in June 2018 and is one of 19 community choice aggregation programs operating in California.
EDP Renewables North America chief executive Miguel Prado said: “EDP Renewables is pleased to partner with EBEC to ultimately bring its first renewable energy project coupled with storage online in North America.”
EBCE chief operating officer Howard Chang said: “The addition of energy storage to this solar PV project will help pave the way to a more resilient grid and increase the amount of clean power available to our state – both of which are part of the core mission of EBCE.”