EDP Renewables (EDPR) has announced its long-term contract with Microsoft, wherein the technology company will purchase all the renewable power EDPR exports to the grid through its SolarNova 8 project.
The collaboration between the two companies is their second signed agreement in Singapore, with a relationship dating back to 2018, which contributed to Microsoft’s aim of achieving 100% renewable energy.
Adrian Anderson, GM, Renewables, Carbon-Free Energy, Microsoft, comments: “Microsoft appreciates the global relationship that we’ve built with EDPR, enabling our companies to drive grid decarbonisation efforts in Singapore, the US and Europe.
“Building our renewable energy portfolio with EDPR ensures that we can continue to secure renewable energy supply to meet our Microsoft’s ambitious renewable energy and decarbonisation goals.”
EDPR was awarded Phase 8 of the SolarNova program in 2018, which involves installing up to 100MPw of capacity across over 1,000 public housing buildings in Singapore and 100 government-owned buildings.
This is the largest solar project in Singapore and SolarNova’s largest project, which is additionally a Whole-of-Government initiative run by the Economic Development Board (EDB).
Through projects such as these, the city-state aims to increase its deployment of PV panels – minding demand from the public sector for panels across “HDB blocks and government sites”.
Miguel Stilwell d’Andrade, CEO of EDP and EDPR, says: “We are strengthening EDP’s global collaboration with Microsoft through this project and together we are taking a step towards achieving Singapore’s sustainability goals of at least 2GW peak of solar energy by 2030.
“Contracting with Microsoft is a catalyst for accelerating the energy transition and to continue investing in the region.”
