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    Shaw Communications buying 15 years of 30-MW Solar from Capital Power in Alberta

    Jan. 19, 2023
    The Clydesdale Solar facility is Capital Power’s second solar facility to achieve operations in Canada. The facility is expected to produce approximately 170 GWh of renewable energy in the first year of operations
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    Canadian utility Capital Power has signed a 15-year deal to supply around 30 MW of renewable energy to Shaw Communications from the recently completed 75-MW Clydesdale Solar facility in the municipal district of Taber in Alberta.

    The agreement, which took effect in December, also includes 100 percent of the associated greenhouse gas offsets and environmental attributes generated from Shaw’s share of the facility’s output. 

    The deal is expected to displace around 335,400 tons of carbon dioxide equivalents, which is equivalent to taking more 102,900 cars off the road. Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Shaw Communications is a telecommunications company that provides telephone, Internet, television, and mobile services.

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    “We’re excited to provide Shaw Communications with renewable power for their operations in Alberta,” said Chris Kopecky, Senior Vice President, Chief Legal, Development and Commercial Officer of Capital Power. “As we grow our renewables portfolio, we’re committed to developing customized solutions that empower our partners to capitalize on the benefits of clean energy. We’re proud to help expand the renewable energy capacity available to power Alberta’s economy.”

    The Clydesdale Solar facility is Capital Power’s second solar facility to achieve operations in Canada. The facility is expected to produce approximately 170 GWh of renewable energy in the first year of operations.

    Combined with a virtual power purchase agreement announced previously, the Clydesdale Solar facility’s capacity is now around 90-percent contracted over a 15-year term.

    Capital Power is an independent power generation company based in Edmonton, Alberta.

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    Rod Walton is senior editor for EnergyTech.com. He has spent 14 years covering the energy industry as a newspaper and trade journalist.

    Walton formerly was energy writer and business editor at the Tulsa World. Later, he spent six years covering the electricity power sector for Pennwell and Clarion Events. He joined Endeavor and EnergyTech in November 2021.

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    EnergyTech is focused on the mission critical and large-scale energy users and their sustainability and resiliency goals. These include the commercial and industrial sectors, as well as the military, universities, data centers and microgrids.

    Many large-scale energy users such as Fortune 500 companies, and mission-critical users such as military bases, universities, healthcare facilities, public safety and data centers, shifting their energy priorities to reach net-zero carbon goals within the coming decades. These include plans for renewable energy power purchase agreements, but also on-site resiliency projects such as microgrids, combined heat and power, rooftop solar, energy storage, digitalization and building efficiency upgrades.