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SRP's existing on-grid solar power plant: Saint Solar is a 100 MW solar power plant initiated by SRP's sustainable energy offering and owned and operated by a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources, LLC. I am.
Last year, Google broke ground on a $600 million data center in Mesa. The company has now reached an eight-year agreement with SRP to supply clean energy to the facility.
The contract includes three facilities operated by NextEra Energy that provide wind and solar energy to power SRP's electrical grid.
That includes solar farms that opened last year in Buckeye and Coolidge, and a wind farm under construction in Coconino County.
Grant Smedley is SRP's Director of Resource Planning.
“Well, the demand for electricity has increased significantly. This is one of the fastest growing regions in the country, so both the peak demand for electricity and the demand that customers require per year have increased considerably. “We are doing so,” he said.
He also said that partnering with Google will accelerate the utility's transition to clean energy.
“They can really help accelerate the transition to carbon-free power generation resources, but also help make the cost of doing so more manageable for all customers. So we're working with them on this. I'm really excited to move forward with the journey,” he said.
Google said the Mesa data center is expected to be operational in 2025.