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Released April 07, 2025 | SUGAR LAND
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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Late last week, renewable energy developer Avangrid Incorporated (NYSE:AGR) (Orange, Connecticut) announced that it is progressing with commissioning and is now feeding power to grid from the company's latest renewable energy installation in Ohio. Avangrid's latest project, the Powell Creek solar farm, joins several other solar farms being constructed in Ohio.
Construction of the Powell Creek solar farm in Putnam County kicked off in the first half of last year and was recently completed. The facility uses more than 300,000 panels to provide 202 megawatts (MW) of power, which Avangrid estimates is enough to power about 30,000 homes in the region. The plant now is feeding power to the grid, although commissioning is still in progress and full commercial operation isn't expected until later in the year. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Power Project Database can learn more by viewing the project report.
The plant joins one other Avangrid facility in Ohio, the 304-MW Blue Creek windfarm, which has been in operation since 2012. Subscribers can learn more about Blue Creek by viewing the plant profile.
New wind projects are becoming notably sparse in Ohio, with Industrial Info tracking only one active wind project in the state that currently is in the planning phase and deemed by IIR as having a low probability (0-69%) of moving forward as planned. Solar projects, on the other hand, are occurring throughout the state from several companies. Industrial Info is tracking more than $10.2 billion worth of active solar projects in Ohio, although slightly less than $4 billion of these projects are underway or have been judged to have a high probability (81-99%) of moving forward as planned.
Chief among these solar projects is renewable energy giant Invenergy LLC's (Chicago, Illinois) Cadence Solar Energy Center in Union County. Construction of the plant kicked off last year and is expected to wrap in the summer of 2026, when more than 600,000 solar panels will have been placed, providing about 275 MW of emissions-free power. Subscribers can click here to learn more about the project.
But that's not Invenergy's only solar project in Ohio. In Galloway, on the southwestern outskirts of Columbus, the company is constructing the Pleasant Prairie solar plant, a 240-MW plant that engineering, procurement and construction contractor Renewable Energy Systems Americas Incorporated (Denver, Colorado) is expected to wrap up later this year. Subscribers can learn more by viewing the project report.
A couple of Ohio's solar projects include battery energy storage systems (BESS). For example, Savion Energy's (Kansas City, Missouri) Marion County solar farm will use 248,000 solar modules from First Solar Incorporated (NASDAQ:FSLR) (Tempe, Arizona) to generate 100 MW, and for times when the sun isn't shining, lithium-ion battery technology will supply about 20.3 MW of reserve energy.
The Marion County facility also is necessitating a new 138-kilovolt transmission line loop that will run from an existing substation and connect to the solar farm at a new substation being built there. Work on both the solar farm and transmission line is expected to be completed early next year. Subscribers can learn more by viewing the related project reports.
Larger solar projects loom in the state's future, although market shifts and uncertainties may cause some of those projects, which are currently in the planning stages, to be passed over. Savion, for example, has plans for a 400-MW solar farm with 300 MW of BESS capacity for London, Ohio, about 25 miles east of Columbus, although if it occurs, construction isn't expected to commence until 2027. (See project report.)
Ohio's demand for intermittent renewable energy sources may be diminished after a large influx of fossil-fueled baseload power arrives in the state in early 2026. Clean Energy Future (Manchester, Massachusetts), which is majority-owned by Korea Electric Power Corporation (Naju, South Korea), is constructing the natural gas-fired Trumbull Energy Center in Lordstown. When completed next year, the combined-cycle plant will generate approximately 950 MW of power for northeastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania. Subscribers can click here for more details on the project. However, an influx of power-hungry industry, including semiconductor fabrication plants and the expansion of one of the state's automotive plants, is expected to keep Ohio's power demand growing for years to come, leaving room for both conventional fossil-fueled power generation and new renewable energy technologies.
Subscribers to Industrial Info's GMI Database can click here to view reports for all of the projects discussed in this article and click here for the related plant profiles.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of industrial market intelligence. Since 1983, IIR has provided comprehensive research, news and analysis on the industrial process, manufacturing and energy related industries. IIR's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) helps companies identify and pursue trends across multiple markets with access to real, qualified and validated plant and project opportunities. Across the world, IIR is tracking over 200,000 current and future projects worth $17.8 trillion (USD).
Construction of the Powell Creek solar farm in Putnam County kicked off in the first half of last year and was recently completed. The facility uses more than 300,000 panels to provide 202 megawatts (MW) of power, which Avangrid estimates is enough to power about 30,000 homes in the region. The plant now is feeding power to the grid, although commissioning is still in progress and full commercial operation isn't expected until later in the year. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Power Project Database can learn more by viewing the project report.
The plant joins one other Avangrid facility in Ohio, the 304-MW Blue Creek windfarm, which has been in operation since 2012. Subscribers can learn more about Blue Creek by viewing the plant profile.
New wind projects are becoming notably sparse in Ohio, with Industrial Info tracking only one active wind project in the state that currently is in the planning phase and deemed by IIR as having a low probability (0-69%) of moving forward as planned. Solar projects, on the other hand, are occurring throughout the state from several companies. Industrial Info is tracking more than $10.2 billion worth of active solar projects in Ohio, although slightly less than $4 billion of these projects are underway or have been judged to have a high probability (81-99%) of moving forward as planned.
Chief among these solar projects is renewable energy giant Invenergy LLC's (Chicago, Illinois) Cadence Solar Energy Center in Union County. Construction of the plant kicked off last year and is expected to wrap in the summer of 2026, when more than 600,000 solar panels will have been placed, providing about 275 MW of emissions-free power. Subscribers can click here to learn more about the project.
But that's not Invenergy's only solar project in Ohio. In Galloway, on the southwestern outskirts of Columbus, the company is constructing the Pleasant Prairie solar plant, a 240-MW plant that engineering, procurement and construction contractor Renewable Energy Systems Americas Incorporated (Denver, Colorado) is expected to wrap up later this year. Subscribers can learn more by viewing the project report.
A couple of Ohio's solar projects include battery energy storage systems (BESS). For example, Savion Energy's (Kansas City, Missouri) Marion County solar farm will use 248,000 solar modules from First Solar Incorporated (NASDAQ:FSLR) (Tempe, Arizona) to generate 100 MW, and for times when the sun isn't shining, lithium-ion battery technology will supply about 20.3 MW of reserve energy.
The Marion County facility also is necessitating a new 138-kilovolt transmission line loop that will run from an existing substation and connect to the solar farm at a new substation being built there. Work on both the solar farm and transmission line is expected to be completed early next year. Subscribers can learn more by viewing the related project reports.
Larger solar projects loom in the state's future, although market shifts and uncertainties may cause some of those projects, which are currently in the planning stages, to be passed over. Savion, for example, has plans for a 400-MW solar farm with 300 MW of BESS capacity for London, Ohio, about 25 miles east of Columbus, although if it occurs, construction isn't expected to commence until 2027. (See project report.)
Ohio's demand for intermittent renewable energy sources may be diminished after a large influx of fossil-fueled baseload power arrives in the state in early 2026. Clean Energy Future (Manchester, Massachusetts), which is majority-owned by Korea Electric Power Corporation (Naju, South Korea), is constructing the natural gas-fired Trumbull Energy Center in Lordstown. When completed next year, the combined-cycle plant will generate approximately 950 MW of power for northeastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania. Subscribers can click here for more details on the project. However, an influx of power-hungry industry, including semiconductor fabrication plants and the expansion of one of the state's automotive plants, is expected to keep Ohio's power demand growing for years to come, leaving room for both conventional fossil-fueled power generation and new renewable energy technologies.
Subscribers to Industrial Info's GMI Database can click here to view reports for all of the projects discussed in this article and click here for the related plant profiles.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of industrial market intelligence. Since 1983, IIR has provided comprehensive research, news and analysis on the industrial process, manufacturing and energy related industries. IIR's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) helps companies identify and pursue trends across multiple markets with access to real, qualified and validated plant and project opportunities. Across the world, IIR is tracking over 200,000 current and future projects worth $17.8 trillion (USD).
