SR Scotford, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Silicon Ranch Corporation, plans to construct 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 solar farm will be 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.
Silicon Ranch, one of the largest independent power producers in the United States, will build, own, and operate the solar farm (its first in Canada) with all power generation capacity dedicated to Shell’s Scotford Refinery for the next 25 years. Once built, the project will provide 20% of the refinery’s energy needs with renewable electricity.
58 MW
~150,390
~245 acres
~3,660 homes
Q4 2021
Power Purchase Agreement Executed
Q1 2022 – Q3 2022
Environmental Reviews
and Permitting
Q3 2022 – Q4 2023
Construction of Facility
Q1 2024
Operations
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Silicon Ranch will invest more than $125 million to build the Scotford Solar Project, and during the construction phase alone, will create about 150 construction jobs and support the creation of additional jobs through indirect and induced impacts. Once operational, the project is expected to contribute approximately $200,000 a year on a levelized basis to the Strathcona County local government and school system, while requiring little to no county services in return.
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The Sherwood Park and Strathcona County News reported on the announcement of Silicon Ranch’s Scotford Solar Project facility.
The Globe And Mail reported on Silicon Ranch’s Scotford Solar Project in November 2021.
