PORTLAND — Avangrid Inc. and Portland General Electric on Monday, Dec. 2, announced the signing of a power purchase agreement on a new 120 megawatt alternating current solar energy project now under construction in Morrow County.

The project, Tower Solar, also is in collaboration with QTS and Meta, according to the press release announcing the deal.

The facility will deliver clean, renewable energy to Portland General Electric’s grid through green future impact, a voluntary program to help large commercial, industrial and municipal customers meet sustainability and carbon reduction goals through the development of new clean energy facilities in our region, according to the press release.

Subscribers to PGE’s GFI program enroll in a bundled renewable energy product and receive the renewable energy certificates associated with the energy generated from the new facility. PGE’s subscription pricing is designed to avoid cost shifting to non-participating customers.

Under PGE’s GFI program, QTS, a leading data center solutions provider, is developing a data center campus to support Meta’s operations in the region that Tower Solar’s 100% renewable energy will supported, helping to meet Meta’s sustainability and 100% renewable energy goals.

“We are pleased to work closely with some of our largest customers to develop another utility-scale solar project in Oregon, the home-base for Avangrid’s onshore renewable energy business,” Avangrid CEO Pedro Azagra said in the press release. “Projects like this are important to furthering the country’s energy independence, and represent our continued investment in the region with new jobs and tax revenue.”

“The Green Future Impact program allows PGE to partner with our largest customers like QTS to meet their ambitious sustainability goals through local clean energy,” according to Brett Greene, PGE senior director of Clean Energy Origination and Structuring. “Through GFI, our largest customers can fund the development of the renewable resources they need, while supporting green jobs and revenue for Oregon communities.”

Tag Greason, QTS chief growth officer, in the press release said the “innovative project highlights QTS’s commitment to procuring sustainable energy solutions that help alleviate data center power generation needs and support our customers’ goals.”

Tower Solar will be just west of Boardman and on about 900 acres of industrially zoned Port of Morrow land near the Boardman Airport. The project will utilize more than 200,000 solar panels.

At the peak of construction, Avangrid expects Tower Solar to create more than 200 jobs, the vast majority of which will be sourced from the region. Tower Solar is expected to pay about $20 million in combined payment in lieu of taxes and property taxes, which will support a variety of public services, including education.

Avangrid is the leading supplier of renewable energy to PGE’s Green Future Impact program, including from Pachwáywit Fields, Oregon’s largest operating solar facility, and the Daybreak and Bakeoven solar farms, which areunder construction. Together with Tower Solar, the combined capacity of the Green Future Impact program facilities will be 482 MWac.

Tower Solar will become Avangrid’s sixth solar facility in Oregon once construction is complete in 2026, and its 17th Oregon power generation project overall. Avangrid operates 1.6 gigawatts of wind and solar projects in the state.