LEXINGTON, Ky. (FOX 56) — Eastern Kentucky Power Cooperative (EKPC) has proposed constructing a photo voltaic farm in Fayette County.
The energy co-op introduced a plan to develop a 387-acre photo voltaic farm between Interstate 64, Haley Road, and Winchester Road. The photo voltaic farm is deliberate to generate 40 megawatts of electrical energy, sufficient to serve the annual electrical energy wants of 4,560 common Kentucky households, in line with EKPC.
“Deploying a various portfolio of technology assets is crucial to sustaining dependable, cost-competitive, and sustainable electrical service for Kentucky’s properties, companies, factories, and different power customers. In 2020, EKPC established a sustainability plan that features targets for lowering carbon dioxide emissions and rising renewables,” stated Eastern Kentucky Power Cooperative.
A second photo voltaic farm linked to EKPC was introduced for Marion County, north of Lebanon. That 635-acre photo voltaic farm is anticipated to provide 96 megawatts of electrical energy, sufficient to serve the annual electrical energy wants of 10,940 common Kentucky households, in line with the co-op.
Eastern Kentucky Power Cooperative utilized for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity in April, with plans to carry a public data assembly on May 16.
If the whole lot goes as deliberate for the EKPC, building might start within the fourth quarter of 2025 and be accomplished in early 2027.
Eastern Kentucky Power Cooperative is a set of 16 proprietor cooperatives all through central and japanese Kentucky.
