Construction at clean energy projects continue, including significant achievement in Texas
Avangrid continues to drive progress at multiple clean energy projects under construction, and it is nearly complete with what will become its largest solar project.
True North
Avangrid recently celebrated a significant achievement on its True North solar project, a 238 MWac (321 MWdc) power plant located near Waco in Falls County, Texas. This August, project crews finished installing over 488,000 solar panels at the site.
“This is a major accomplishment and we are proud of the hardworking women and men who are bringing this clean energy project onto the Texas grid,” said Azagra. “In celebrating this milestone, we look forward to finishing the project. This is yet another example of Avangrid executing on its commitment to accelerate the clean energy transition.”
True North will become the largest solar project in Avangrid’s portfolio and its first solar project in Texas. Once construction is completed, it will supply clean, renewable energy in support of Meta’s net zero commitment, including supporting its upcoming data center in neighboring Temple, its second data center facility in Texas, with 100 percent renewable energy.
Construction of True North has supported 350 jobs at the peak of work, with the majority of those jobs sourced locally. The project will support several permanent, high-paying jobs that will remain in the community for the life of the project. Avangrid expects to pay more than $40 million in taxes over the life of the project.
Camino
Moving on to California, Avangrid also recently finished installing solar panels at its Camino Solar project. Located near Lancaster in Kern County, the project will include about 105,000 solar modules with a capacity of 44 MWac (57 MWdc), which can generate the same amount of energy consumed by about 14,000 U.S. homes annually.
Camino is expected to create about 100 jobs during construction, nearly all of them filled locally, and will generate about $15 million in state and local taxes during its lifetime.
Camino is located next to Avangrid’s 189 MW Manzana wind farm, which was built in 2012. The project is located on a combination of private land and more than 200 acres of public lands managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
When construction is completed, Camino will become the tenth solar project in Avangrid’s portfolio of projects and its first in California.
Powell Creek
Meanwhile, in Ohio, Avangrid continues to make progress on its Powell Creek solar project located in Putnam County.
Powell Creek sits on land leased directly from landowners. It will ultimately have about 300,000 solar panels generating enough energy to power at least 30,000 homes each year. The project is supporting up to 400 jobs during construction, most of which are being filled by people who live in the region.
Construction at Powell Creek began earlier this year. It is expected to be completed by the middle of 2025. This is Avangrid’s second renewable energy project in Ohio. Avangrid built the Blue Creek wind farm in 2012, which has a capacity of 304 MW and generates enough power for about 76,000 homes each year.
