GHG Emissions, Commercial, Solar  -  December 3, 2024

Meta Deploys Solar in Oregon

Meta’s operations will be supported by a new solar project in Morrow County, Oregon.

Avangrid, Inc., a sustainable energy company and member of the Iberdrola Group, and Portland General Electric announced the signing of a power purchase agreement (PPA) for Tower Solar, a 120-MWac (166 MWdc) solar energy project under construction in Morrow County, Oregon, in collaboration with QTS and Meta. 

The solar arrays will deliver renewable energy to Portland General Electric’s grid through Green Future Impact (GFI), a voluntary program designed to help large commercial, industrial and municipal customers meet their sustainability and carbon reduction goals through the development of new clean energy facilities.

Subscribers to PGE’s GFI program enroll in a bundled renewable energy product and receive the renewable energy certificates (RECs) associated with the energy generated from the new facility. PGE’s subscription pricing is designed to avoid cost shifting to non-participating customers.

Under PGE’s GFI program, QTS, a data center solutions provider, is developing a data center campus to support Meta’s operations in the region that will use renewable energy from Tower Solar. The solar power will help Meta meet its sustainability and 100% renewable energy goals.

“This innovative project highlights QTS's commitment to procuring sustainable energy solutions that help alleviate data center power generation needs and support our customers’ goals,” said Tag Greason, QTS Chief Growth Officer, in a statement. “We are pleased to partner with Avangrid and PGE to bolster these sustainability initiatives.”

Tower Solar will be located on about 900 acres of industrially zoned land owned by the Port of Morrow near the Boardman Airport. The project will utilize more than 200,000 solar panels.

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