Ares Management Corp.’s Infrastructure and Power strategy and Apex Clean Energy have announced that Aviator Wind East, an approximately 200-megawatt portion of the 525-megawatt Aviator Wind project located in Coke County, Texas, has executed a renewable power-purchase agreement with Facebook.
Aviator Wind will be the largest single-phase wind project in ERCOT — the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which operates the state’s power grid — and the largest single-phase, single-site wind project in the United States.
“The ambitious sustainability goals of corporate leaders like Facebook will play a key role in accelerating the transition to renewable energy — faster than ever anticipated — in the years to come,” said Mark Goodwin, president and CEO of Apex Clean Energy. “With this power-purchase agreement, Facebook continues to make strides toward achieving its renewable energy goals, driving meaningful progress within the industry and paving a path for other corporations to do the same.”
Aviator Wind, developed by Apex and owned by funds managed by Ares Infrastructure and Power, demonstrates the significance of corporate leadership in facilitating clean energy solutions at scale.
Aviator Wind East, which will be operational in 2020, will help support Facebook’s operations in the region. The contract will help the tech company — the largest corporate purchaser of renewable energy in 2018 — reach its goal to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 75 percent and support 100 percent of its operations with renewable energy in 2020. Facebook’s portion of the Aviator Wind project will be 199.76 megawatts.
Aviator Wind is Ares Infrastructure and Power’s 11th wind investment, which collectively represent 4 gigawatts of power generation, and is a continuation of Apex’s strong partnership with Ares Infrastructure and Power. Apex Clean Energy will provide both construction and asset management services for the project.
