X-ELIO signs agreement with Salesforce for solar farm in Australia

• Worldwide renewable energy producer X-ELIO has actually authorized an online power purchase contract (VPPA) with Salesforce for the 200MW Blue Grass Solar Farm in Queensland, Australia.

International renewable resource manufacturer X-ELIO has authorized an online power acquisition arrangement (VPPA) with Salesforce for the 200MW Blue Grass Solar Farm in Queensland, Australia.

For Salesforce, it is the initial renewable energy offtake contract in the nation.

Under the arrangement, X-ELIO will provide generation certifications from its Blue Grass Solar Farm located in the Western Downs region.

The certifications will aid Salesforce in satisfying its renewable resource requirements.

Salesforce Australia and also New Zealand CEO Pip Marlow stated: "We are proud to team up with X-ELIO on the Blue Grass solar farm, a project, which will bring jobs to local Queensland, support the regional community as well as deliver brand-new renewable resource generation.

" Salesforce is on a course to 100% renewable energy and also we have a plan to get there by 2022. This is a vital step on this course as well as one which we hope inspires other leaders."

Heaven Grass Solar Farm, which said to be X-ELIO's very first as well as biggest solar farm in Australia, is expected to find online late following year.

Currently, the project remains in the building stage as well as is expected to create nearly 400 construction jobs in the area. It is approximated to bring greater than A$ 200m ($ 142m) capital expense in Queensland.

Once functional, the facility is expected to produce 420GWh of eco-friendly energy each year, which will certainly suffice to power greater than 80,000 Queensland houses, while countering over 320,000 t carbon exhausts.

X-ELIO CEO Lluis Noguera said: "X-ELIO is continually looking to grow its existence in attractive markets like Australia, where our local team will take advantage of the considerable funding and also international market proficiency of X-ELIO to grow our regional visibility and understand our aspirations on the market."