TotalEnergies has opened two new utility-scale solar farms, Danish Fields and Cottonwood, integrated with battery storage in southeast Texas.
The new projects have a combined capacity of 1.2 GW and are a part of a portfolio of renewable assets in operation or under construction in Texas totaling 4 GW.
Danish Fields is TotalEnergies’ largest U.S. solar farm with a capacity of 720 MWp and 1.4 million ground-mounted solar panels. It features a 225 MWh BESS, supplied by Saft, the company’s battery subsidiary. 70% of the site’s solar capacity has been contracted through long-term Corporate Power Purchase Agreements (CPPAs); the remaining 30% will support the decarbonization of TotalEnergies’ industrial plants in the U.S. Gulf Coast region.
Cottonwood’s capacity is 455 MWp with over 847,000 ground-mounted solar panels. It will host 225 MWh of storage, also supplied by Saft, and will be commissioned in 2025. Its electricity production is contracted under long-term PPAs indexed to merchant prices through an upside-sharing mechanism with LyondellBasell and Saint-Gobain.
“The start-ups of Danish Fields and Cottonwood in the fast-growing ERCOT market showcase TotalEnergies’ ability to deliver competitive renewable electricity to support our clients’ decarbonization goals, as well as our own,” said Olivier Jouny, Senior Vice President, Renewables at TotalEnergies, in a statement. “Thanks to these projects, we are delighted to take another step in delivering our strategy across the entire value chain, from power generation to customer delivery, in order to achieve our profitability target of 12% ROACE in our Integrated Power business.”
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