Iberdrola, through its US subsidiary Avangrid, and Portland General Electric (PGE) have signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) for the 120 MWac Tower Solar project, which the US subsidiary of the Iberdrola Group is building in Morrow County, in collaboration with QTS and Meta.

The facility, which will create more than 200 jobs, will become Avangrid’s sixth solar facility in Oregon upon completion in 2026, and its 17th power generation project in the state, where the company currently operates 1,600 MW of wind and solar projects.

The facility will supply clean, renewable energy to PGE’s grid through Green Future Impact (GFI), a voluntary programme designed to help large commercial, industrial and municipal customers meet their ambitious sustainability and carbon reduction goals by developing new clean energy facilities in the region. 

Subscribers to this programme sign up for a package of clean energy products and receive Renewable Energy Certificates associated with the green electricity generated by the new facility.

Under this programme, leading data centre solutions provider QTS is developing a campus to support the operations of Meta, parent of Facebook and Instagram, in the region. This hub will be powered by clean energy from Tower Solar, which will contribute to Meta’s sustainability and 100% renewable energy goals.