What the Google Texas solar deal covers
TotalEnergies signed 2 power purchase agreements with Google on February 9, 2026, a contract type in which a buyer pays for electricity from a specific new power plant before that plant is built. Megawatts measure how much electricity a power plant can generate at any one moment, and terawatt hours measure the total electricity it produces over time. The 2 agreements run 15 years and together cover 1,000 megawatts of new solar power from 2 projects west of Dallas, Texas, the 805 megawatt Wichita project and the 195 megawatt Mustang Creek project. Both sit inside ERCOT, the grid operator that manages the power grid serving most of Texas. TotalEnergies expects the 2 projects to generate about 28 terawatt hours of electricity over the 15 year term, with construction on both due to start in the second quarter of 2026. TotalEnergies also filed the same announcement with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on March 2, 2026, as a formal legal disclosure, not only a marketing statement.
Marc Antoine Pignon, vice president renewables United States at TotalEnergies, said the deal marks a milestone for the company.
We are pleased to sign these agreements to supply renewable electricity to Google in Texas, representing the largest renewable PPA volume ever signed by TotalEnergies in the United States.
Marc Antoine Pignon, vice president renewables United States, TotalEnergies. Source 1.
The new deal for Google is close to 10% of TotalEnergies entire United States renewable and storage portfolio and close to 20% of what it already runs inside ERCOT, both MAOWCE calculations on the company own figures, not percentages the company states itself.
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| This deal | 1000 |
| Existing ERCOT | 5000 |
| Total United States | 10000 |
Why a technology company is paying to build new power plants
A power purchase agreement lets a buyer fund electricity that does not exist yet, instead of only buying credit for power already generated elsewhere. That matters for Google, because its data centers in Texas need a fast growing supply of electricity around the clock. Will Conkling, director of clean energy and power at Google, said the new contracts add real capacity to a strained grid.
Our agreement with TotalEnergies adds necessary new generation to the local system, boosting the amount of affordable and reliable power supply available to serve the entire region.
Will Conkling, director of clean energy and power, Google. Source 1.
The new 1,000 megawatts is close to 10% of the entire 10 gigawatt United States solar, wind and battery storage portfolio TotalEnergies already has built or under construction, and close to 20% of the 5 gigawatts it already runs inside ERCOT alone. Both figures are MAOWCE calculations on the company own stated numbers, not percentages TotalEnergies states itself.
Solar panels do not generate power after dark
Solar panels only generate electricity while the sun is shining on them, and a data center draws power 24 hours a day without stopping. That means when the sun sets, when clouds cover the sky, or when demand peaks in the evening, the rest of the Texas grid, most often natural gas plants, still has to keep Google data centers running. The new solar capacity is real, newly built generation added to the grid rather than existing power moved on paper, but it does not make the data centers run on sunlight alone.
A separate, larger solar lineup already backing Google in Texas
The Clearway bar is a separate transaction, power purchase agreements TotalEnergies co owns through Clearway, spanning 3 power markets beyond only Texas, not part of the deal this article covers.
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| Wichita | 805 |
| Mustang Creek | 195 |
| Clearway PPAs | 1200 |
Google separately secured about 1,200 megawatts of power purchase agreements from Clearway, a renewable energy company TotalEnergies owns half of, spread across ERCOT and 2 other power markets covering the northeast and the central United States. That earlier lineup is already larger than the 2 new TotalEnergies projects combined, spreading the Google Texas area solar purchases across several contracts and several grid regions rather than 1 project in 1 place.