Representatives from Invenergy, the company responsible for the Split-Rail solar project, said they are still on course to go live prior to July 1, 2026 during the Dec. 11 Warren County Commission meeting.
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Representatives from Invenergy, the company responsible for the Split-Rail solar project, said they are still on course to go live prior to July 1, 2026 during the Dec. 11 Warren County Commission meeting.
Invenergy Project Manager Matt Clausen said the company is hoping to be completed with the project and ready to go live by May or June, with July 1 being the latest date for completion. He said there is still a lot of testing that needs to be done and he said in January Invenergy hopes to be able to provide a date when the Split-Rail solar facility will receive back power from the grid for more testing.
According to Site Manager Luke Williams, there are still 80 employees on site, but that number should be reduced to about 30 employees around the beginning of January as work on the project begins to wind down.
Invenergy Senior Associate for Renewable Development Quinn Gorman told the commissioners that under the Chapter 100 agreement between Invenergy and the county one of the issues that still needs to be addressed is the ground lease. Gorman said there are a number of parcels in the project which will ultimately not be used for the project. He said the landowners of the parcels are aware and want the land released back to them for farming purposes. Gorman said Invenergy will be doing full parcel releases shortly, which will change the legal description of the ground lease agreement with the county.
Presiding Commissioner Joe Gildehaus said the change would not affect the payments due and owing under the Chapter 100 agreement to the county. He also said any change would be forwarded to Gilmore & Bell, who is handling the matter for the county.
Gorman also told the commissioners that the final pollinator design is forthcoming based upon recommendations made by Karl Finke of Andrews Engineering, the local engineer hired by the county to monitor solar projects. The final design will also include a requested Impact to Human Heath assessment, which was requested by Finke in order to protect the neighbors of the solar project. Gorman said Invenergy has reached out to the contractor that did the pollinator and screening design as well as the contractor responsible for installation to assist in the creation of the health report.
