June 21, 2025 – Energetica India / June 12, 2025 – Invenergy Press Release

Invenergy, North America’s largest privately held clean energy developer, has officially begun building the 240-megawatt Pleasant Prairie Solar Energy Center in Franklin County, Ohio, just outside Columbus in Galloway en.wikipedia.org+13energetica-india.net+13linkedin.com+13. The project represents a US $230 million investment in the local economy through taxes and lease payments invenergy.com+3energetica-india.net+3linkedin.com+3.

Development kicked off with a groundbreaking ceremony on June 10, featuring remarks by Invenergy’s Chief Development Officer Mick Baird, landowner Squire Galbreath, and Brittany Rogers from Illuminate USA, followed by a reception at the historic Darby House linkedin.com+5invenergy.com+5energetica-india.net+5.

The facility is projected to create up to 300 construction jobs during peak building phases, and will retain 3 permanent staff once operational. Construction is slated to continue through early 2027, with commercial operations planned shortly thereafter linkedin.com+7energetica-india.net+7solarquarter.com+7.

Invenergy has partnered with Blattner, a leading renewable engineering, procurement, and construction firm, for the project pv-tech.org+7energetica-india.net+7invenergy.com+7. The solar center will utilize American-made panels produced by Illuminate USA—Invenergy’s majority-owned facility in Pataskala, Ohio—mirroring deployment at their Hardin III and Cadence Solar sites pv-tech.org+7energetica-india.net+7solarbytes.info+7.

Mick Baird remarked,

“We are excited to break ground on the Pleasant Prairie Solar Energy Center. Pleasant Prairie represents our commitment, along with project landowners and our partners in Franklin County, the Pleasant and Prairie Townships, Illuminate USA, and Blattner, to meet growing demand with domestic energy and strengthen U.S. energy independence.” renewablesnow.com+9energetica-india.net+9invenergy.com+9

Brittany Rogers, Chief Human Resources Officer at Illuminate USA, added,

“High‑quality solar manufacturing is thriving in Ohio, thanks to our team in Pataskala and projects like Pleasant Prairie which put our panels to work across the region. We’re proud that panels made by our associates will help power local communities and support our state’s energy future.” solarbytes.info+3energetica-india.net+3invenergy.com+3

The Pleasant Prairie Solar Energy Center is part of Invenergy’s expanding Ohio solar portfolio, contributing to over 1,000 MW of capacity—enough to power nearly 200,000 homes—and injecting more than US $17.5 million annually into the stat

Originally reported by News Bureau in Energitica.