NRG Energy, the largest US independent power producer, has closed on its 1.5GW(ac) acquisition of mostly development-stage utility-scale solar and wind projects from bankrupt SunEdison.
The $183m deal, approved by a bankruptcy court judge in September, includes 265MW of operating capacity, 154MW in backlog for 2017-18, and a 1.1GW pipeline to brought online in the 2018-20 timeframe.
Among the assets are a portfolio of fully-built solar projects in Utah and the partially built 154MW(ac) Buckthorn solar array in Texas.
