North America electricity procurement contracts activity up 35% in June 2020

There were 27 electricity procurement contracts announced in the North America region in June 2020, marking a rise of 35% over the last 12-month average of 20, according to GlobalData’s power industry contracts database.

Electricity Procurement stood at first place when compared with other power tender categories in the North America region in June 2020 with 27 contracts and a 30.7% share, followed by Power Plant with 20 contracts and a 22.7% share and T&D Equipment with 14 contracts and a 15.9% share during the month.

The proportion of contracts by category tracked by GlobalData in the month was as follows:

1. Power Purchase Agreement: 26 contracts and a 96.3% share
2. Electricity Supply: one contract and a 3.7% share.

Solar is top technology for North America electricity procurement contracts in June 2020

Looking at electricity procurement contracts by the type of technology in the North America region, solar accounted for 22 contracts with an 81.5% share, followed by wind with five contracts and an 18.5% share.

North America electricity procurement contracts in June 2020: Top companies by capacity

The top issuers of electricity procurement contracts for the month in terms of power capacity involved in North America were:

1. Basin Electric Power Coop (United States), Evergy (United States) and The Dow Chemical (United States): 150MW from one contract
2. Monterey Bay Community Power (United States): 120MW from one contract
3. Gerdau Long Steel North America and Silicon Valley Clean Energy (United States): 80MW capacity from one contract.

North America electricity procurement contracts in June 2020: Top winners by capacity

The top winners of contracts for the month in terms of power capacity involved in North America were:

1. 8minute Solar Energy L (United States): 200MW from two contracts
2. Enel Green Power (Italy): 180MW from two contracts
3. First Solar (United States) and Clenera (United States): 150MW capacity from one contract.

All publicly-announced contracts are included in this analysis drawn from GlobalData’s Power database, which covers power plants, T&D projects, equipment markets, analysis reports, capacity and generation, and tracks tenders and contracts on a real-time basis.

More in-depth reports and analysis on all reported contracts are available for subscribers to GlobalData’s Power database.