EDF Renewables North America and Abu Dhabi Energy Company-Masdar – co-owners of a Texas wind power project --have entered into a power purchase agreement with data center developer and operator Soluna Holdings Inc.
Under the terms of the agreement, Soluna will purchase up to 166 megawatts of energy produced by the Las Majadas Wind Project to power a Soluna data center to be built close to the wind project’s substation.
Soluna’s data center, named Project Kati, will utilize behind-the-meter power generated by the wind project, while also curtailing their operations under certain market conditions when energy is most needed by the grid.
“This innovative PPA structure provides a flexible solution to the challenges of transmission constraints and curtailment, essentially allowing an alternate route to capture under-utilized electricity. In parallel, it provides clean power to an energy intensive operation—advanced computing applications, including artificial intelligence (AI),” EDF and Abu Dhabi Energy Company-Masdar said on March 4.
Las Majadas Wind, located in Willacy County in southern Texas, has a total capacity of 273 MW and became operational in 2021.
