Sempra Infrastructure and Silicon Valley Power (SVP) have entered into a 20-year power-purchase agreement (PPA) for the long-term supply of renewable energy to the City of Santa Clara, Calif.
The energy will come from the proposed Cimarrón wind project, Sempra Infrastructure's cross-border wind-generation facility under development in Baja California, Mexico.
Cimarrón is expected to be a 300-megawatt wind-generation facility that delivers clean energy to the East County Substation in San Diego County. Cimarrón will include about 60 wind turbines with the capacity to produce enough energy for 84,000 homes. It is expected to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by nearly 210,000 metric tons of carbon-dioxide equivalent per year.
“We are excited to work with the City of Santa Clara, home to some of the world's largest technology companies, to provide access to renewable energy that can help meet their energy demands while supporting their sustainable energy goals,â