en.Wedoany.com Reported - EDF Power Solutions North America and Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) have signed a 15-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for the BigBeau solar-plus-storage project in California, USA. Announced on June 2, the agreement covers the electricity output from the project's 128MW solar photovoltaic system and 40MW/160MWh battery energy storage system (BESS). The project has been operational since December 2022 and began supplying power to Southern California Edison (SCE) under the new agreement on February 1, 2026.

In 2023, Masdar acquired a 50% stake in the BigBeau project from EDF. The project is part of a cooperation agreement between the two parties covering eight projects with a total capacity of 1.6GW, including five solar projects (totaling 689MW) and two utility-scale wind farms (totaling 815MW), all of which are already operational. In the three years prior to BigBeau's commissioning, EDF had signed 15-year PPAs with California Community Choice Aggregators (CCAs) Monterey Bay Community Energy (MBCE) and Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SCVE).

In May this year, EDF announced a five-year BESS supply agreement with Ford Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ford Motor Company. The agreement allows EDF to procure up to 4GWh of BESS annually from Ford Energy, with a potential total capacity of 20GWh, and deliveries are expected to begin in 2028.

In the same month, Masdar selected Sungrow, a Chinese solar inverter manufacturer and BESS integrator, as the BESS and solar inverter supplier for the UAE's first gigawatt-scale round-the-clock dispatchable renewable energy project. Developed jointly by Masdar and the Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC), the project will feature 5.2GWdc of solar photovoltaic power generation and 19GWh of battery storage capacity, enabling a continuous supply of 1GW of clean energy around the clock. Construction began in October 2025, with commercial operation expected in 2027; the specific location in Abu Dhabi has not yet been disclosed.

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