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Invenergy Solar Farm
A Chicago-based international energy producer, Invenergy, is proposing to construct a 200 megawatt solar farm located in Eagle Creek Township, South Lake County, Indiana, United States. Invenergy’s Foundry Works Solar Energy Center would be located on 1,400 acres of land east of Interstate 65 and north of State Road 2. The Lake County Council approved a resolution to consider amendments to the local zoning code to allow for large-scale solar projects on April 14, 2020.

The Invenergy solar farm project is expected to produce enough electricity to power 40,000 homes. Construction of the solar farm is scheduled to begin in 2022, becoming fully operational in 2024, and is predicted to cost around 200 million dollars. The labour-intensive construction period for the project will take about one and a half years. Once operations begin, the project is anticipated to create 350 construction jobs, with four permanent employees remaining on-site. The farm is expected to generate 40 million dollars in property taxes with the landowners receiving a total of 63 million dollars cumulative in annual payments from the company in order to lease the land over the span of the project.

The manager of the renewable development for Invenergy, Katya Samoteskul, mentioned the project is free of charge to the citizens and the site of the solar farm can be returned to agricultural use as their project is environmentally friendly.