{"id":60797,"date":"2022-11-16T08:58:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T16:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/?p=60797"},"modified":"2022-11-16T09:26:48","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T17:26:48","slug":"blue-grass-solar-agreement-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/stories\/blue-grass-solar-agreement-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia&#8217;s Newest Solar Farm Opens, Powering Salesforce&#8217;s First International Renewable Energy Agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.x-elio.com\/x-elio-inaugurates-blue-grass-solar-farm-to-help-deliver-queensland-governments-renewable-energy-target\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Blue Grass Solar Farm<\/a>, located in Australia and built by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.x-elio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> X-ELIO<\/a>, is now operational, marking the official launch of Salesforce\u2019s first international renewable energy agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why it\u2019s important: <\/strong>The electricity produced by Blue Grass helps Salesforce continue its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/press-releases\/2021\/09\/21\/salesforce-achieves-net-zero-across-its-full-value-chain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">commitment to net zero residual emissions and 100% renewable energy<\/a> for its global operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>In 2020,<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/stories\/international-renewable-energy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Salesforce agreed to purchase<\/a> 25% of Blue Grass\u2019 200 megawatt (MW) output to match the electricity used by the company\u2019s Australia operations.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Salesforce perspective:<\/strong> \u201cThe Blue Grass agreement is critical to our vision for a net zero world,\u201d said Pip Marlow, CEO of ANZ and ASEAN, Salesforce. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201cEvery step closer to a future where renewable energy is powering the world is worth celebrating,\u201d Marlow continued.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><div class=\"wp-block-image__wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large prevent-download\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"wp-block-image__modal-toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\" data-modal-id=\"60828-modal\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Open Image Modal<\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"684\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/Solar-Farm-with-worker.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/Solar-Farm-with-worker.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/Solar-Farm-with-worker.jpg?w=300&amp;h=200 300w, 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Blue Grass scored highly in the following matrix categories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>High avoided emissions:<\/strong> Blue Grass has the highest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/stories\/renewable-energy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">avoided emissions rate of any project in Salesforce\u2019s portfolio<\/a>, over twice that of a comparable project in California.<\/li><li><strong>Land use:<\/strong> Blue Grass is sited on land with low ecological value, avoiding sensitive vegetation and wildlife habitats.<\/li><li><strong>Community engagement:<\/strong> In addition to creating hundreds of jobs, X-ELIO is dedicating a percentage of the project\u2019s annual gross income to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.x-elio.com\/x-elio-supports-local-communities-in-regions-where-it-operates-globally-and-launches-a-community-fund-in-australia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Community Support and Benefit Sharing Program<\/a>, which will support local community projects.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fast facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Blue Grass Solar Farm can generate enough electricity to power 80,000 local homes and save more than 320,000 metric tonnes of CO2 emissions each year.<\/li><li>It uses advanced technology, including 375,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/home\/energy-and-utilities\/bifacial-solar-panels-generate-more-electricity-but-not-when-you-put-them-here\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bifacial solar panels<\/a> and half-cut cells, enhancing performance and efficiency to help decrease costs.<\/li><li>Four hundred local jobs were created during the solar farm\u2019s two-year construction, with the project delivering over $200 million worth of economic impact.<\/li><li>It is one of the 50 large-scale renewable projects that will help support the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qld.gov.au\/about\/newsroom\/queensland-energy-and-jobs-plan#:~:text=The%20Plan%E2%80%94released%20on%20Wednesday,2032%20and%2080%25%20by%202035\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Queensland Government\u2019s Renewable Energy Target<\/a> to generate 70% of its energy needs from renewable sources by 2032, and 80% by 2035.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Go deeper:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Read a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/au\/blog\/celebrating-the-opening-of-australias-newest-solar-farm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">blog post<\/a> by Salesforce ANZ and ASEAN CEO Pip Marlow on why Blue Grass is important and why other businesses should support renewable energy generation.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Read the full news announcement from X-Elio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.x-elio.com\/x-elio-inaugurates-blue-grass-solar-farm-to-help-deliver-queensland-governments-renewable-energy-target\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li><li>Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/au\/blog\/2022\/02\/how-to-create-a-climate-action-plan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">6 Actions to Start Creating a Climate Action Plan Now<\/a>.<\/li><li>Find additional insights on how to procure renewable energy in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/content\/dam\/web\/en_us\/www\/assets\/pdf\/sustainability\/sustainability-more-than-megawatt.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">More Than a Megawatt: Embedding Social &amp; Environmental Impact in the Renewable Energy Procurement Process<\/a>.<\/li><li>Take <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/au\/blog\/2022\/09\/trail-to-net-zero.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Trail to Net Zero for Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand<\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blue Grass Solar Farm, located in Australia and built by X-ELIO, is now operational, marking the official launch of Salesforce\u2019s first international renewable energy agreement. 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