GRANGER, Ind. (AP) — Construction is expected to start this spring on a project more than doubling Indiana Michigan Power’s electricity production from solar energy sources.
The Fort Wayne-based company has won approval from Indiana officials for the solar farm planned for the Granger area just northeast of South Bend.
Completion for the project is expected later this year and is expected to generate 20 megawatts of electricity a year, enough to power 2,700 homes.
The facility will be located near the Indiana Toll Road and Bittersweet Road, with the University of Notre Dame collaborating on the project, according to I & M.
Indiana & Michigan now generates 14.7 megawatts combined from its four existing solar farms in Marion, Mishawaka and New Carlisle, Indiana, and Watervilet, Michigan.
