Silicon Ranch’s The Scotford Solar Project, the company’s first project in outside of the US, is a 58-megawatt behind-the-meter solar farm to power Shell Canada Energy and Chemicals Park Scotford (‘Scotford Refinery’) northeast of Edmonton, Alberta. The Strathcona County based solar farm is key in helping to transform Scotford into one of Shell’s five energy and chemicals parks, providing its customers with lower-carbon fuels and products.

As with every project it develops, Silicon Ranch—one of the largest independent power producers in the United States—built, owns, and will operate the solar farm for the life of the project. All power generation capacity from this solar farm is dedicated to Shell’s Scotford Refinery, providing 20% of the refinery’s energy needs with renewable electricity.

To build the project, Silicon Ranch hired about 150 workers—emphasizing local hires—for the project’s construction, which began in Q3 2022 and was completed in Q3 of 2024.

Shell’s transformation of Scotford Refinery into an energy and chemicals park complements the site’s leading positions in energy efficiency and carbon capture and storage (CCS). Renewable power and CCS will enable Scotford Refinery to process new feedstocks such as bio-oils or waste oils. Scotford Refinery’s transition into a fully integrated energy and chemicals park is anticipated to happen over the course of a decade.