# East Blackland Solar Project 1

ERCOT asset profile · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/east-blackland-solar-project-1

East Blackland Solar Project 1 LLC - Travis County - ERCOT

East Blackland Solar Project, also called the Pflugerville Solar Farm, is a 144 MWac solar photovoltaic plant in Travis County, Texas, near the city of Pflugerville. Duke Energy Renewables acquired the project from Recurrent Energy, a Canadian Solar subsidiary, while it was still under construction, and it reached commercial operation in July 2021. The plant sells its output to Austin Energy under a 15-year power purchase agreement. It settles in ERCOT at the East Blackland Solar Project 1 node located essentially on-site. A single 144 MW generating unit makes up the entire facility, and EIA-860 shows no retirement scheduled.

## Metrics

- **Nameplate capacity:** 144 MW — Canonical EIA plant baseline.
- **Registry anchor:** Plant 57659 — plant-57659

## Facts

- **Technology:** Solar Photovoltaic
- **Operator:** Deriva Energy

## Related parties

- **Portfolio operator / asset manager:** Deriva Energy — Financing covers a portfolio that includes East Blackland Solar Project 1. ([source](https://derivaenergy.com/projects/pflugerville-solar-project))
- **Former owner / operator / O&M provider:** Duke Energy Renewables — Acquired the project and undertook long-term operations and maintenance; its commercial renewables business later became Deriva Energy ([source](https://news.duke-energy.com/releases/duke-energy-renewables-acquires-144-mwac-pflugerville-solar-project-in-texas-from-canadian-solar))
- **Parent company / investor:** Brookfield Renewable — Corporate backer of Deriva Energy and owner of the Commercial Renewables business
- **Offtaker / power marketer:** Austin Energy — 15-year power purchase agreement offtaker
- **Former owner / developer:** Recurrent Energy — Original project developer and seller to Duke Energy Renewables ([source](https://recurrentenergy.com/))
- **Equipment supplier:** Canadian Solar Inc. — Module supplier and parent of Recurrent Energy
- **EPC contractor / construction contractor:** Signal Energy — Engineering and construction contractor
- **Financier / tax equity investor:** U.S. Bank — Tax-equity financing provider
- **Lender / financier:** Norddeutsche Landesbank (Nord/LB) — Debt-financing bank-group participant
- **Lender / financier:** Rabobank — Debt-financing bank-group participant
- **Lender / financier:** Zions Bank — Debt-financing bank-group participant

## Sources

- [derivaenergy.com](https://derivaenergy.com/duke-energy-renewables-rebrands-as-deriva-energy-under-brookfield-ownership) — derivaenergy.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [derivaenergy.com](https://derivaenergy.com/projects/pflugerville-solar-project) — derivaenergy.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [elioenergygroup.com](https://elioenergygroup.com/about-us/) — elioenergygroup.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [mbrweb.ferc.gov](https://mbrweb.ferc.gov/SearchlkpEIA/Index?page=424) — mbrweb.ferc.gov · authoritative — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [news.duke-energy.com](https://news.duke-energy.com/releases/duke-energy-reaches-10-000-megawatt-renewable-energy-milestone) — news.duke-energy.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.

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Canonical page: https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/east-blackland-solar-project-1
Website: [Duke Energy Renewables](https://derivaenergy.com/projects/pflugerville-solar-project)

Source: Ask the Grid — https://askthegrid.com/