Commercial, Solar, Sourcing Renewables  -  February 17, 2023

McDonald’s Signs PPA for Louisiana Solar

McDonald’s Corporation announced a power purchase agreement for a 145 MWac/180 MWdc solar project located in St. Landry Parish, La. 

The PPA was signed with Lightsource bp. The Prairie Ronde Solar project will generate an expected average of approximately 327,000 megawatt-hours (MWh) of renewable energy annually. 

“Growing our partnership with Lightsource bp reaffirms our commitment to building a more sustainable McDonald’s system at a meaningful scale,” said Elaine Strunk, Sr. Director Global Sustainability, McDonald’s in a statement. “Prairie Ronde Solar will contribute to our climate aspirations while adding a considerable amount of new renewable generation to the grid.”

Lightsource bp will finance, build, own and operate the facility located about 25 miles north of Lafayette. McDonald’s will purchase all the solar energy the project generates, equivalent to approximately 630 restaurants’ worth of renewable electricity annually. Construction of the project is expected to begin in early 2023, with commercial operation starting in late 2024.

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