Microsoft has signed three long-term Virtual Power Purchase Agreements (vPPAs) with EDP Renewables North America for 389MW of power across Illinois and Texas.

The vPPAs are tied to three recently completed utility-scale solar projects with a combined capacity of 400MW and will supply Microsoft with Renewable Energy Credits (RECs).

“It’s exciting when projects achieve commercial operations and begin generating clean energy in support of grid decarbonization,” stated Kourtney Nelson, senior director of renewable energy procurement at Microsoft.

The projects include the 140MW Wolf Run Solar Project near Jacksonville, Illinois, the 110MW Hickory Solar Project near Jerseyville, Illinois, and the 150MW Cattlemen II Solar Project near Austin, Texas. The first two projects began operations in November and the latter in December.

The delivery of the projects brings the total US operational portfolio between the two companies to five projects. Previous PPAs between the two companies include a 125MW wind power supply agreement in Ohio, signed in 2019.

The Hickory solar farm is tied to an Environmental Justice PPA (EJ PPA) developed by Microsoft and Volt Energy Utility. The EJ PPA will contribute funding to the Sharing the Power Foundation, which offers financial assistance to organizations and causes that ensure equal access to clean air, water, and renewable energy.

“Through these three additional projects, we’re keeping our promise – and indeed the industry’s promise – to contribute to the nation’s growing energy demand and, in that process, invest in [the] long-lasting economic growth of our communities,” said Sandhya Ganapathy, CEO of EDP Renewables North America.

Further details on the vPPAs were not shared.

Microsoft has signed several PPAs over the past 12 months. In October, the company signed a 250MW PPA with National Grid Renewables in Wisconsin.

In September, Microsoft inked a 20-year PPA with Constellation Energy to acquire 100 percent of a revived Three Mile Island nuclear power plant to fuel its AI data center ambitions. Should regulators approve the project, owner Constellation hopes to open the 837MW Pennsylvania facility in 2028.

Finally, last March, the tech company signed two PPAs with Leeward Renewable Energy for 200MW of power from two solar farms in Texas.