Hershey's to procure Texas solar energy under 140-MW deal with National Grid
- United States chocolate producer Hershey Co (NYSE: HSY), much better referred to as Hershey's, will offtake most of the electrical energy coming from a 150-MW solar park prepared to be developed by National Grid Renewables in Texas' Falls County.
National Grid Renewables, part of the ventures division of UK's National Grid Plc (LON: NG), revealed the power purchase contract (PPA) in addition to the begin of building tasks on the project on Thursday. The Minneapolis-based programmer will construct the photovoltaic (PV) farm and pair it with a 100-MWh battery storage space system.
The PPA with Hershey will certainly see the chocolate and also cookies supplier get power from a 140-MW portion of the recommended solar park. The agreement, which adheres to an additional PPA with National Grid from in 2015, is straightened with its objective to reduce Scope 1 as well as 2 emissions by more than 50% by 2030 and also pursue a 25% decrease of Scope 3 emissions by the same year.
The Copperhead solar park will certainly be geared up with First Solar's Series 6 thin-film PV modules, while the integrated battery storage space system will be supplied by Fluence Energy Inc. The facility will be installed by engineering, procurement and building and construction (EPC) firm TIC-- The Industrial Company.