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Meta and Zelestra are expanding their fast-growing US solar partnership with yet another Texas project as the tech giant’s electricity demand continues to climb.
The two companies announced a new power purchase agreement (PPA) for the 180 MW Palmera Solar Plant in Freestone County, Texas. The new Texas project comes as Zelestra ramps up work on two other Meta-backed solar farms already under construction: the 176 MW Skull Creek Solar Plant in Anderson County, Texas, and the 200 MW Reclamation Solar Project in Gibson County, Indiana.
Together, the Skull Creek and Reclamation projects are expected to support around 400 jobs during peak construction. They’ll join the 81 MW Jasper County Solar Project in Indiana, which recently came online as the first completed project in the partnership.
Meta and Zelestra now have agreements covering roughly 1.4 GW of solar capacity across eight US projects, all expected to be online by 2028.
The Skull Creek project in Texas is expected to create around 200 jobs at peak construction and generate an estimated $8.2 million in local economic impact in Anderson County. The solar farm will use around 400,000 bifacial solar panels. McCarthy Building Companies will serve as the lead EPC contractor for the project.
The Reclamation Solar Project in Indiana is being built on reclaimed former coal mining land. It’s expected to support around 200 jobs during peak construction and will include roughly 325,000 US-made bifacial solar modules.
Zelestra says the Indiana project will also focus on soil restoration, native vegetation growth, and biodiversity improvements. Qcells will provide both the solar modules and engineering, procurement, and construction services for the project.
The company says its projects are designed to help meet growing electricity demand from hyperscalers and large corporate customers like Meta.
Arlington, Virginia-headquartered Zelestra says it currently has a development pipeline of around 15 GW across major US markets.
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