Southern Power has acquired 200MW Millers Branch solar project in Texas, with the power generated generated at the project sold to Thermo Fisher Scientific. This power purchase agreement was first signed with EDF Renewables in February this year, and Southern Power expects to honour the 20-year arrangement. The news is the latest expansion to Southern Power’s renewables portfolio, which currently operates close to 5GW of renewable projects, including 2.4GW of solar capacity across six US states, but has not commissioned a new project in several years. This news comes out of the vast Texas solar sector, which boasts the second-largest installed capacity in the US, behind only California.

Solar Dominates US Energy Capacity Growth
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has published data showing that solar accounted for over 75% of US electrical generating







