Ørsted to get 430 MW PV project in Texas

• Danish Ørsted A/S has taken last investment choice on the 430 MW "Old 300 Solar Center", which is located in Fort Bend County, 40 miles from Houston, Texas, and is anticipated to find online in Q2 2022.

Over the past year, Ørsted has considerably boosted its solar portfolio and with the enhancement of Old 300, now has 1.1 GW of solar PV unfinished, resulting in a total of 3.4 GW of capacity in operation as well as under construction across onshore wind, solar PV and storage.

"Old 300" lies near to Houston, one of the largest as well as fastest growing metropolitan areas in the US and also gain from a long-lasting PPA, according to the business. The project will certainly produce a revenue resource for family members cattle ranches that lease their land for the project. Furthermore, project construction will certainly develop up to 400 jobs at its optimal and also the long-term procedure of "Old 300" will certainly create over $40 million in real estate tax earnings for Fort Bend County and the Needville Independent School District. The plant will certainly cover a location of 2,800 acres as well as use about 1 million bifacial modules, supplied by JA Solar and Longi Solar. Inverters will certainly be provided by SMA America.