Avangrid and Statkraft have signed a short-term VPPA for energy from Avangrid’s 35 MW Casselman wind farm in Pennsylvania, marking the second such deal between the two companies within the past nine months.
Earlier this year, Avangrid and Statkraft announced a short-term VPPA for Avangrid’s 300 MW Streator Cayuga Ridge South wind farm in Illinois. Statkraft and Iberdrola, Avangrid’s parent company, have a PPA in place for energy produced at Iberdrola’s Korytnica II wind farm in Poland.
“We are happy to continue building our U.S. relationship with Statkraft, a clean energy leader that aligns with our sustainability goals at Avangrid,” says Pedro Azagra, Avangrid CEO.
“This is further proof of an interested market for our productive merchant assets as we manage risk within our existing portfolio of projects. Additionally, partners like Statkraft are key to executing on our commitment to accelerating the clean energy transition.”
The Casselman wind project reached commercial operation in 2007 and is located about 60 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, near the towns of Meyersdale and Rockwood. The plant’s 23 wind turbines are located on top of and near a rehabilitated surface mine, and bring clean energy jobs to the region.
