Orsted has completed the 227MW Muscle Shoals solar farm in the US state of Alabama.
The project, which is located in Colbert County, has a long-term power purchase agreement to supply the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).
It will support the sustainability goals of Facebook’s data centre in Huntsville, Alabama that has just started operations.
Orsted acquired Muscle Shoals in 2020 from Longroad Energy and has 1.4GW of solar and storage capacity in operation and under construction.
Orsted onshore chief commercial officer Vishal Kapadia said: “We’re very excited to add to our high-quality, diverse customer base through this long-term partnership with TVA and Facebook.
“The acquisition and completion of Muscle Shoals represents the continued successful execution of our expansion strategy in which we seek to complement our core market greenfield development activities with opportunistic acquisitions in new markets to diversify our portfolio.”
TVA senior vice president of commercial energy solutions Doug Perry said: “This solar farm is a historic moment in TVA history.
“It’s the first Green Invest project to come online, and it demonstrates the value of TVA’s focus on cleaner energy.
“Green Invest is helping us build the clean, low-cost energy system of the future that’s essential to achieving our environmental goals and competing for jobs in the new clean economy.”