{
  "id": 9368716,
  "title": "Meta, Apex Clean Energy agree to 144-MW Texas solar PPA",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/meta-apex-clean-energy-agree-to-144-mw-texas-solar-ppa",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-23T16:22:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ESG Dive",
    "slug": "esg-dive",
    "url": "https://www.esgdive.com/news/meta-apex-clean-energy-144-mw-texas-solar-ppa/831136/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Meta has agreed to a 144-megawatt solar power purchase agreement with Apex Clean Energy in Texas. As part of the deal, Meta will receive exclusive rights to all environmental attributes associated with the energy from the project, including renewable energy credits, according to Apex Clean Energy.\n\nA separate announcement from Tech.eu reported on a Belgian energy optimisation company, CIOC Energy, which has raised €3 million from renewable energy developer CleverNett. CleverNett has taken a minority stake in CIOC Energy, which will remain independent. CIOC Energy provides a platform for businesses to monitor, control, and trade energy from solar panels and batteries.\n\nCIOC Energy's CEO, Alexander De Bièvre, stated that the company was founded to address the challenges of fragmentation in the energy market, where installation, battery control, and energy trading are often handled by separate providers. CIOC Energy's platform combines these services under a single point of contact, and the company has developed its own control module for electricity cabinets to manage solar panels, batteries, and charging points.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Tech.eu",
        "title": "CIOC Energy secures €3M for solar and battery optimisation",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/cioc-energy-secures-3m-for-solar-and-battery-optimisation",
        "published": "2026-09-23T06:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}