InensEnergy announced the start of construction on the 240 MW Pleasant Prairie Solar Energy Center in Franklin County, Ohio.
Pleasant Prairie Solar Energy Center is located in Galloway, Ohio, just outside of Columbus, represents an expected investment of $ 230 million in Franklin County during the life of the project, through new tax revenues and lease payments. Pleasant Prairie also works together with the Battelle Center for Science, Engineering and Public Policy of Ohio State University to contribute to the training of the next generation of energy leaders.
The construction of the facility will continue until the beginning of 2027 when pleasant Prairie Solar is expected to start commercial activities. Blattner is the EPC for the project, which is expected to create up to 300 jobs during peak construction and employ three permanent staff as once operational.
Pleasant prairie will be powered by American-made solar panels produced in Illuminate USA, an advanced solar panel production company majority in the hands of Inenserty, based in Pataskala, Ohio. Illuminate USA panels are also used at other solar Zonne -Zonnefaties in Ohio, including Hardin III Solar, already in operation, and Cadans Solar, currently under construction.
“We are delighted to break ground on the Pleasant Prairie Solar Energy Center,” said Mick Baird, Chief Development Officer at Inenserty. “Pleasant Prairie represents our dedication, together with project owners and our partners in Franklin County, the Pleasant and Prairie Townships, Illuminate USA and Blattner, to meet the growing demand with domestic energy and the American energy independence.”
Inventerty celebrated this milestone with a groundbreaking event on the project site on 10 June. The event contained comments from Mick Baird from Inenserty, Project Landewner Squire Galbreath and Brittany Rogers from Illuminate USA. A reception was held after the groundbreaking in the Darby House, located on the historic Darby Dan Farm, near the Pleasant Prairie Project site.
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