bp holds a stake in the 300 megawatt (MW) Bighorn Solar project, which launched in 2021, through a joint venture. The solar project helps reduce emissions, abating around 430,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year, the equivalent of removing more than 90,000 fuel-burning cars from the road.
At the time of commissioning, it was the largest on-site solar facility in the US dedicated to a single customer, with more than 750,000 solar panels providing nearly all the plant’s annual electricity demand.
In October 2021, Lightsource bp, which was then a joint venture, and Xcel Energy announced a power purchase agreement for the development of Sun Mountain Solar, a 293MW solar project in Pueblo. The project, in which we now hold a stake through a joint venture, entered commercial operation in December 2022.
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