Avangrid launches 162-MW solar farm in Oregon

• US sustainable energy company Avangrid Inc (NYSE: AGR), part of Spanish utility team Ibedrola SA (BME: IBE), has actually accomplished commercial operation of its 162-MW/205-MWp Pachwaywit Fields solar farm in Gilliam County, Oregon.

Iberdrola revealed the information on Thursday, proclaiming Pachwaywit Fields as the largest solar photovoltaic or pv plant in the state of Oregon. The solar farm will certainly produce electrical power for big customers and towns enrolled in the Green Future Impact programme established by Oregon-based utility Portland General Electric Company (NYSE: POR).

The project was as soon as known as Montague Solar. Words pachwaywit in the new name suggests "sunlight" in the Sahaptin language spoken by the Warm Springs and also Umatilla Tribes in the northwestern areas of the United States. The project is located on ceded lands of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm and its name admires the tribal background and also stewardship, Ibedrola stated.

The solar farm occupies 1,223 acres (495 ha) and is geared up with over 471,100 photovoltaic panels. Avangrid started constructing the plant in 2021.

Avangrid has Pachwaywit Fields with its renewables subsidiary Avangrid Renewables LLC.