{"id":"blueleaf-microsoft-two-japan-solar-ppas-oct28-2026","canonicalSlug":"blueleaf-microsoft-two-japan-solar-ppas-oct28-2026","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/blueleaf-microsoft-two-japan-solar-ppas-oct28-2026","language":"en","title":"Blueleaf signs two Japanese solar power agreements with Microsoft","summary":"Macquarie coordinated the long-term offtake arrangements for projects still under development.","body":["Macquarie announced on 28 October that portfolio company Blueleaf Energy had executed two long-term power purchase agreements with Microsoft for solar projects being developed in Japan. Microsoft will be the sole offtaker under the arrangements. The agreements secure a commercial route for future generation; they do not establish that the two projects have already begun supplying electricity.","Macquarie’s Energy Markets and Customer Solutions team coordinated the transactions. The company presented them as an extension of a relationship with Microsoft that began in 2020 and has included renewable-energy projects developed by Macquarie portfolio companies across several markets.","The release cites a combined 540 megawatts of wind and solar projects supporting Microsoft in the United Kingdom, Spain and India. That capacity relates to those earlier regional projects, rather than the newly announced Japanese solar agreements. The announcement does not disclose the Japanese projects’ individual capacities, contract prices or detailed commissioning dates.","Blueleaf linked the new agreements to experience delivering India’s Pachora hybrid power project. The companies position long-term offtake as a way to support new lower-carbon generation for growing corporate electricity demand. Future project delivery, actual generation and the commercial terms of each Japanese site remain separate from the fact that the two agreements have been executed."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"Blueleaf signs two Japanese solar power agreements with Microsoft\n\nMacquarie coordinated the long-term offtake arrangements for projects still under development.\n\nMacquarie announced on 28 October that portfolio company Blueleaf Energy had executed two long-term power purchase agreements with Microsoft for solar projects being developed in Japan. Microsoft will be the sole offtaker under the arrangements. The agreements secure a commercial route for future generation; they do not establish that the two projects have already begun supplying electricity.\n\nMacquarie’s Energy Markets and Customer Solutions team coordinated the transactions. The company presented them as an extension of a relationship with Microsoft that began in 2020 and has included renewable-energy projects developed by Macquarie portfolio companies across several markets.\n\nThe release cites a combined 540 megawatts of wind and solar projects supporting Microsoft in the United Kingdom, Spain and India. That capacity relates to those earlier regional projects, rather than the newly announced Japanese solar agreements. The announcement does not disclose the Japanese projects’ individual capacities, contract prices or detailed commissioning dates.\n\nBlueleaf linked the new agreements to experience delivering India’s Pachora hybrid power project. The companies position long-term offtake as a way to support new lower-carbon generation for growing corporate electricity demand. Future project delivery, actual generation and the commercial terms of each Japanese site remain separate from the fact that the two agreements have been executed.","category":"energy","region":"world","topics":["power"],"eventDate":"2026-10-28","eventDateBasis":"source-event-or-period","publishedAt":"2026-10-28T16:29:35Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-28T16:29:35Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":"2026-10-28T16:29:10Z","sourcePublishedAt":"2026-10-28","translatedAt":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.macquarie.com/au/en/about/news/2026/macquarie-and-blueleaf-energy-deepen-relationship-with-microsoft-through-new-power-purchase-agreements-in-japan.html","name":"Macquarie Group","checkedAt":"2026-10-28","publishedAt":"2026-10-28"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/blueleaf-microsoft-two-japan-solar-ppas-oct28-2026","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/blueleaf-microsoft-two-japan-solar-ppas-oct28-2026","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/blueleaf-microsoft-two-japan-solar-ppas-oct28-2026","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/blueleaf-microsoft-two-japan-solar-ppas-oct28-2026","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/blueleaf-microsoft-two-japan-solar-ppas-oct28-2026","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/blueleaf-microsoft-two-japan-solar-ppas-oct28-2026","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/blueleaf-microsoft-two-japan-solar-ppas-oct28-2026"},"corrections":[],"locations":[],"type":"news","classification":{"version":"1","dataKinds":["contract-award"],"geographies":[{"role":"economic-scope","countryCode":"JP","subdivisionCode":null}],"evidenceBasis":["agreement","plan"],"measurementPeriod":null}}