8minutenergy receives PPA to develop 90 MW-ac Springbok 3 Solar Farm

8minutenergy Renewables received approval on a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) to develop the over 115 megawatt-dc (90 MW-ac) Springbok 3 Solar Farm, located in Kern County, California.

The project is the third installation in the Springbok cluster, joining 8minutenergy’s 137 MW-dc (105 MW-ac) Springbok 1 project, and its 191 MW-dc (155 MW-ac) Springbok 2 project. The Company also successfully negotiated the interconnection agreements for the entire cluster.

8minutenergy signed the Springbok 3 PPA with the Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA) on behalf of its participating member, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP).

The three new Springbok solar facilities combined will generate enough clean, renewable energy to serve more than 152,000 Los Angeles households. The amount of greenhouse gas emissions avoided is comparable to removing nearly 150,000 cars from the road.

The first two Springbok projects resulted in the creation of more than 600 direct and 800 indirect jobs in Kern County during construction, and the Springbok 3 project is expected to generate an additional 250 direct and 300 indirect jobs.