{"id":225592,"date":"2025-02-02T17:23:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-02T21:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/?p=225592"},"modified":"2025-02-05T11:35:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T15:35:15","slug":"meta-and-zelestra-to-boost-clean-energy-with-new-solar-projects-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"noticias","link":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/meta-and-zelestra-to-boost-clean-energy-with-new-solar-projects-in-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta and Zelestra to boost clean energy with new solar projects in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Meta<\/strong> continues to strengthen its commitment to renewable energy by signing four new agreements with <strong>Zelestra<\/strong> . These contracts will allow the development of <strong>solar projects<\/strong> that will add 595 MWac to the <strong>ERCOT grid<\/strong> in Texas. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Meta and Zelestra collaborate together in energy expansion<\/h2>\n\n<p>The projects will be located in Hopkins, Lamar, Lampasas and Henderson counties, consolidating the presence of both companies in the energy market of the important state of Texas.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>Renewable energy from these projects will support our data center operations as well as our ongoing efforts to match our electricity consumption with 100% clean, renewable energy<\/em> .<\/p>\n<cite>Urvi Parekh, Director of Global Energy at <em>Meta<\/em> .<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n<p>The advancement of these projects represents a growth in installed solar capacity, while establishing the state of Texas as a renewable energy <em>hub<\/em> . The electricity generated will directly contribute to the stability of supply for Meta&#8217;s data centers, which are essential for its global operations. <\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>We are pleased to triple the size of our partnership with Meta, demonstrating that we share the same commitment to accelerating decarbonization. The agreement is a major boost to our broader ambition to double our total renewables portfolio contracted in the United States over the next two years. <\/p>\n<cite>Phillip North, CEO of <em>Zelestra US<\/em> .<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/photovoltaic-jasper-county-solar-plant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zelestra<\/a><\/strong> has a portfolio of 6.6 GWdc in projects under development in several regions of the United States. With this initiative, Meta reaffirms its leadership in sustainability within the technology sector, while the company strengthens its role as a major player in the transition towards cleaner and more sustainable energy sources. <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Follow us on social media and don&#8217;t miss any of our posts!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@inspenet\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/inspenetnetwork\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/inspenetnetwork\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/inspenet\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Inspenetnetwork\" rel=\"nofollow\">X<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@inspenet?_t=8qqIL6dRGNR&amp;_r=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Source and photos: <a href=\"https:\/\/zelestra.energy\/meta-and-zelestra-expand-their-clean-energy-relationship-signing-four-new-renewable-energy-agreements-in-texas-totalling-595-mwac\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zelestra<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This project represents a growth in installed solar capacity, while establishing the state of Texas as a renewable energy hub.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8404,"featured_media":225545,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categoria_noticias":[13026,13044],"etiqueta_noticias":[],"class_list":["post-225592","noticias","type-noticias","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria_noticias-energy","categoria_noticias-new-energies"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/225592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/noticias"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/225592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria_noticias?post=225592"},{"taxonomy":"etiqueta_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/etiqueta_noticias?post=225592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}