RWE Renewables has partnered with Facebook and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to realize a 150MW solar facility in Shelby County, Tennessee, in the US.
Facebook will use 110MW of the solar energy to support their data centre operations in Gallatin, Tennessee, and the broader Tennessee Valley.
Facebook s head of renewable energy Urvi Parekh said: Facebook’s mission is to connect the world, and the connections we made with TVA and RWE will ensure our operations in the Tennessee Valley are supported with new solar energy. This solar project, which is our third in Tennessee, will help us continue our commitment of 100% renewable energy for our global operations, while also bringing new investment and jobs to the local community.
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RWE Renewables (RWE) has partnered with Facebook and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to realise a 150 MW solar facility in Shelby County, Tennessee, US. Facebook will use 110 MW of the solar energy to support the company’s data centre operations in Gallatin, Tennessee, and the broader Tennessee Valley. The plant is expected to start operations in late 2023, with start of construction in mid-2022. Through a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with TVA, RWE will own and operate the plant. The financial investment decision for this plant is expected to be made once the permitting approval process will be completed.
/PRNewswire/ 133 turbines on site will see increased efficiency Used blades to be sustainably recycled Project, located in Sterling County, Texas, began.
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RWE Renewables has partnered with GE Renewable Energy to repower its Panther Creek 3 wind farm in west Texas, US.
The repowering project will involve the replacement of a “significant portion” of the wind turbine components, including installation of longer blades and upgrading existing gearboxes, increasing the annual production for all 133 wind turbine generators on the site, with a total installed capacity of 215MW.
The commissioning of the project is expected to be complete in third quarter of 2021.
The blades that are removed during the repowering will be processed and recycled, as a part of GE Renewable Energy’s blade recycling agreement with Veolia North America.