Leeward breaks ground on 196-MW solar park in Ohio to provide Verizon

• Leeward Renewable Energy LLC said on Monday it has actually formally started on-site construction on a 196-MW solar park in Ohio, the future result of which is acquired by US cordless provider Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE: VZ).

The Big Plain photovoltaic or pv (PV) ranch will certainly be installed near London and is prepared to get to business procedures by June 2023. It will certainly be geared up with thin-film modules made by First Solar.

Leeward has actually employed SOLV Energy to conduct all engineering, procurement, as well as building and construction (EPC) for the project.

Once up and running, the plant will produce electricity that will certainly be sold to Verizon under a long-lasting power acquisition arrangement (PPA), which sustains the telecommunication giant's goal to be internet zero in its direct operational emissions by 2035.

At the beginning of 2022, Verizon signed a bundled offer for 640 MW of power from Leeward, dedicating to get the outcome of one wind as well as three solar parks to be developed across a number of states. The building of a 200-MW solar park covered by the PPA commenced in Texas in June.

Leeward, a portfolio company of OMERS Infrastructure, owns 2.5 GW of sustainable power plants in operation across nine US states and also has 20 GW of projects under growth.