The sun will power more of Toyota Motor North America’s operations thanks to a new power purchase agreement with Savion. Toyota says it has agreed to offtake 100-megawatts (MW) of the electricity generated as part of renewable energy company Savion’s Martin County Solar Project through a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA). The project is converting the former Martiki Coal Mine, a brownfield site in Martin County, on the border of Kentucky and West Virginia, into a new, clean solar photovoltaic energy facility. Once an active coal mine on the top of a mountain that closed in the 1990s, the Martiki site has clear access to light from the sun, making it an ideal location for reclamation and the installation of solar photovoltaic panels for electricity generation, the company says. Construction on the project is anticipated to begin in mid-2023 and commercial operation is expected in 2024.