EDP secures second 100MW buyer for Californian solar-plus-storage project

Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn
Reddit
Email
Source: EDP Renewables

EDP Renewables’ American subsidiary will sell 100MW of energy and 10MW of energy storage from a project in central California to the city of San Jose's default electricity utility, San Jose Clean Energy.

The output is added to the 100MW of energy and 30MW of storage the Sonrisa Solar Park is already contracted to produce for East Bay Community Energy, as outlined in a PPA secured in June. Both agreements cover a 20-year period.

This article requires Premium SubscriptionBasic (FREE) Subscription

Try Premium for just $1

  • Full premium access for the first month at only $1
  • Converts to an annual rate after 30 days unless cancelled
  • Cancel anytime during the trial period

Premium Benefits

  • Expert industry analysis and interviews
  • Digital access to PV Tech Power journal
  • Exclusive event discounts

Or get the full Premium subscription right away

Or continue reading this article for free

San Jose Clean Energy and East Bay Community Energy are community choice energy programs. Authorised in California, Illinois, Ohio, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Rhode Island, they allow local governments to procure greener or cheaper power on behalf of their residents and businesses from an alternative supplier, while still receiving transmission and distribution service from their existing utility.

The Sonrisa Solar Park is EDP's first large-scale hybrid renewable project in North America. Operations are expected to start in 2022.

With this new PPA, the Portuguese energy giant claims to have now contracted 47% of the 7GW of the global renewable energy capacity it hopes to develop by 2022. In the US specifically, EDP has secured 1.8GW of long-term energy agreements for projects in that period.

In May, EDP signed an agreement with French utility Engie to merge future offshore wind projects and pipelines in order to become the world’s second largest offshore wind developer through a 50/50 joint venture.

One month later, EDP secured its largest PV project to date, a 3.8MWp solar-plus-storage duo northeast of Lisbon set to be operational by early 2020 that will provide energy for battery maker Exide Technologies.

21 October 2025
New York, USA
Returning for its 12th edition, Solar and Storage Finance USA Summit remains the annual event where decision-makers at the forefront of solar and storage projects across the United States and capital converge. Featuring the most active solar and storage transactors, join us for a packed two-days of deal-making, learning and networking.
16 June 2026
Napa, USA
PV Tech has been running PV ModuleTech Conferences since 2017. PV ModuleTech USA, on 16-17 June 2026, will be our fifth PV ModulelTech conference dedicated to the U.S. utility scale solar sector. The event will gather the key stakeholders from solar developers, solar asset owners and investors, PV manufacturing, policy-making and and all interested downstream channels and third-party entities. The goal is simple: to map out the PV module supply channels to the U.S. out to 2027 and beyond.

Read Next

October 7, 2025
Doral Renewables has secured a PPA with an unnamed 'corporate buyer' for its 430MW Cold Creek solar-plus-storage project in Texas.
October 7, 2025
US independent power producer (IPP) Arevon has begun operations at two utility-scale solar projects in Indiana.
October 3, 2025
EDF Renewables and Enlight Renewable Energy have advanced solar-plus-storage projects in New Mexico and Arizona.
October 3, 2025
SunStrong Management has raised US$900 million to refinance a 'large portfolio' of residential solar assets developed by SunPower.
Premium
October 2, 2025
PV Talk: Qcells’ CTO Danielle Merfeld discusses the imminent opening of America’s first integrated c-Si ingot-to-module factory and her belief in solar’s long-term strengths.
October 1, 2025
The insurance industry must adapt to evolving risks to head off a 'protection gap' that could undermine the global green energy transition.

Subscribe to Newsletter

Upcoming Events

Solar Media Events
October 21, 2025
New York, USA
Solar Media Events
November 25, 2025
Warsaw, Poland
Solar Media Events
December 2, 2025
Málaga, Spain
Solar Media Events
February 3, 2026
London, UK