National Grid Renewables has started onsite construction at neighbouring solar projects in southern Ohio.
Once operational, the Ross County Solar Project and the Fayette Solar Project will deliver a combined 167.5MW of solar power.
Joe Ibrahim, vice president, construction and engineering at National Grid Renewables, said: “Ross and Fayette mark our second and third projects to break ground in Ohio, the first being our Yellowbud Solar Project, in Ross and Pickaway counties.
“We’re excited to extend our partnership with communities both locally and statewide, and we look forward to bringing these projects through construction into operation to benefit our neighbours and landowners.”
Both projects are being constructed by Kiewit Power Constructors and will utilise solar modules developed and produced by First Solar, who has a manufacturing plant near Toledo, Ohio.
At 120MW, Ross is anticipated to produce an estimated US$27m in new tax revenue throughout its first 25 years of operation.
Fayette, a 47.5MW project, is estimated to create US$10.6m in tax revenue during that same period.
Together, the projects will also donate approximately US$670,000 through local charitable funds, National Grid Renewables said.
Using the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) greenhouse gas equivalencies calculator, the projects are estimated to offset carbon dioxide emissions by 145,000 metric tonnes annually.