Longueuil, QC: Innergex Renewable Energy Inc. announced the acquisition October 22 of a prospective photovoltaic solar project of approximately 260 MWdc located in Brown County, Ohio, from Open Road Renewables, LLC and MAP Renewable Energy, LLC, the developers of the project.
The Hillcrest project is one of the first utility scale solar projects to complete the Ohio Power Siting Board permitting process successfully and was awarded the necessary certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need to Construct an Electric Generation Facility. Interconnection service agreements are in place with PJM to interconnect to the Duke Energy owned Hillcrest substation, which would allow a commercial operation date between 2020 and 2021.
Innergex has begun discussions to sell the power produced by the facility through a power purchase agreement.