Shell Energy North America Signs Long-Term Power Purchase Agreement To Serve Customers
December 07,2018
Shell Energy North America (US) L.P., ("Shell Energy") and Coachella Hills Wind LLC recently signed a long-term Power Purchase Agreement to procure up to 100 MW of wind energy from the Coachella Hills Wind project being developed by Terra-Gen, LLC.
The Coachella Hills Wind project, in Palm Springs, CA, represents a repowering of the existing Coachella Flats and Painted Hills wind projects with an anticipated online date of December 1st, 2020.
"Power purchase agreements like this one provide price certainty for our customers and are consistent with Shell Energy's efforts to be part of the solution to help our customers lower their carbon footprint as we move together towards a cleaner energy future," said Shaji Nair, Senior Vice President Sales and Origination, Shell Energy North America.
Coachella is the second California wind project where Terra-Gen and Shell Energy have executed a power purchase agreement. The first project, signed in 2017, was a 130 MW greenfield wind project known as Voyager II located in Tehachapi, California.
Terra-Gen and Shell WindEnergy Inc., part of Shell New Energies, are also joint venture partners providing additional integration capabilities to California onshore wind assets in Palm Springs.