CORRECT: Meridian signs deals with Tilt, Total Eren, adding Australian hydro, wind, solar supply

Jonathan Underhill
Thu, 01 Feb 2018

(Fixes name of Powershop in first paragraph) By Jonathan Underhill Feb. 1 (BusinessDesk) - Meridian Energy has inked three new supply contracts in Australia giving the owner of the Powershop energy retailer more renewables supply from wind farms and a solar farm. Meridian Energy Australia today confirmed the A$168 million purchase of three hydro power stations from Trustpower it announced last month, and said it has also signed three power purchase agreements with renewable projects in Victoria and New South Wales. Powershop Austral...

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