Largest Texas solar farm to be built in West Texas for $400 million
A Canadian renewable energy company has bought what will be the largest solar project in Texas when it is built.
Innergex Renewable Energy Inc. will build the 250 megawatt Phoebe solar farm in Winkler County, which is on the border of New Mexico, after buying the project from Longroad Energy Partners. Innergex said the solar farm will cost nearly $400 million and is expected to be completed by the third quarter of 2019.
The project has a 12 year power purchase agreement with Shell Energy North America, which is Shell's North America wholesale energy marketer and trader.
The farm would be much larger than the 180 megawatt Upton 2 solar farm operated by Vistra Energy in Upton County, currently Texas' largest. It was recently announced that a 10 megawatt, 42 megawatt hour battery would be installed at the Upton 2 farm to shift some of the solar power to peak usage hours, which are typically between 5 and 7 p.m.
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