RWE Delivers Solarpower from its Canadian Solar Farm to Direct Energy

Essen, Germany - RWE has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Direct Energy Marketing Limited for the supply of power from RWE’s Canadian Hull solar plant (25 MW).

The long-term contract started in early-August 2020 and will run for 10 years. RWE’s solar farm will supply an annual production of up to 50,000 megawatt hours of carbon-free energy and environmental attributes to Direct Energy.

Beside the Hull photovoltaic plant (Prairie Sunlight II, 25 MW) RWE is operating a second solar farm nearby in Vauxhall (Prairie Sunlight III, 22 MW). Together the two photovoltaic plants will produce enough green electricity to supply the equivalent of about 12,500 Canadian homes. RWE’s subsidiary Belectric was responsible for the entire construction of the two solar farms.

RWE intends to invest a net €5 billion by 2022 in the continued expansion of renewable energy. In terms of further investments in solar, RWE is actively developing projects in several countries in Europe as well as in North America with a total capacity of more than 5 Gigawatt. In Australia RWE is currently building a large-scale solar farm with 249 MW capacity in New South Wales.

Source: IWR Online, 07 Aug 2020