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Aligned Solar Partners 6 (ASP6) LP

Rifle Range Solar Project

The proposed project is 6,599 kilowatt of DC capacity (kWdc) ground mount solar power generating facility occupying approximately 37 acres (project site) within a 94-acre parcel in Bridgeville, Delaware.

Staff Assignment Name: Suzanne Kopich
Project Submittal Date: 3/20/2025
Project Approval Date: 4/22/2025
DOE CE Applied: B5.16

Central Electric Power Cooperative

Purchase Power Agreement between Central Electric Power Cooperative, Inc and North Carolina Municipal Power Agency (NCMPA1)

New ERA awardee, Central Electric Power Cooperative, Inc., will purchase a quantity of clean energy. After the purchase is made, the RUS grant can reimburse the awardee up to 25 percent of the cost. RUS’s PPA grants provide operating capital. 

Staff Assignment Name: Suzanne Kopich
Project Submittal Date: December 2024
Project Approval Date: January 21, 2025
DOE CE Applied: B4.1

Georgia Transmission Corporation

Monroe County Battery Energy Storage System

The proposed project is a 4MW/20MWh battery energy storage system with room for a 6-bay low-side facility and a future substation if ever needed on 12.0 acres in Forsyth, Monroe County, Georgia. 

Staff Assignment Name: Suzanne Kopich
Project Approval Date: 
DOE CE Applied: B4.14

Great River Distributed Solar LLC

Hannibal Solar Project

The Hannibal Solar Project is a proposed 2.5-megawatt solar photovoltaic facility located in Taylor County, Wisconsin on land which has been previously disturbed for agriculture activities. The site is approximately 15.5 acres in size.

Staff Assignment Name: Alan Hachey
Project Submittal Date: 3/5/25
Project Approval Date: 3/12/25
DOE CE Applied: B5.16

Greenfield Solar

The proposed project is a 2.5-megawatt solar photovoltaic facility that will be sited on 15 acres of a previously disturbed agricultural site in La Crosse County, Greenfield, Wisconsin.

Staff Assignment Name: Maria Tur
Project Submittal Date: 3/5/2025
Project Approval Date: 3/11/2025
DOE CE Applied: B5.16

Bancroft Solar

The Bancroft Solar Project (“Project”) is a proposed 3-megawatt solar photovoltaic facility located on a~76-acre parcel in the Southeast Quarter of Section 30, Township 103 North, Range 21 West, Bancroft Township, Freeborn County, Minnesota that has been previously disturbed for agriculture activities. The current site is a flat, open field that would require minimal grading. The disturbance of land would be limited to the approximately 20-acre Project area during construction. Activities associated with the construction, interconnection, and operation of the Project would take place within the approximately 20-acre Project area.

Project Submittal Date: Feb 2025
Project Approval Date: March 2025
DOE CE Applied: B5.16

Bright Future Solar

The proposed project is a 2.5-megawatt solar photovoltaic facility that will be sited on 17.64 acres of a previously disturbed agricultural site in St. Croix County, Hammond, Wisconsin.

Staff Assignment Name: Maria Tur
Project Submittal Date: 3/5/2025
Project Approval Date: 3/14/2025
DOE CE Applied: B5.16

Next Generation Solar

The proposed project is a 2.5-megawatt solar photovoltaic facility that will be sited on 20 acres of a previously disturbed agricultural site in St. Croix County, Eau Galle, Wisconsin.

Staff Assignment Name: Maria Tur
Project Submittal Date: 3/5/2025
Project Approval Date: 3/20/2025
DOE CE Applied: B5.16

Elk Mound Solar Project

The Elk Mound Solar Project is a proposed 2.5-megawatt solar photovoltaic facility located in Chippewa County, Wisconsin on land that has been previously disturbed for agriculture activities. The site is approximately 15 acres in size. 

Staff Assignment Name: Alan Hachey
Project Submittal Date: 3/5/25
Project Approval Date: 3/10/25
DOE CE Applied: B5.16

Douglas Solar Project

The Douglas Solar Project is a proposed 2.5-megawatt solar photovoltaic facility located in Mitchell County, Iowa on land that has been previously disturbed for agriculture activities. The site is approximately 15 acres in size.

Staff Assignment: Alan Hachey
Project Submittal Date: 3/5/25
Project Approval Date: 3/12/25
DOE CE Applied: B5.16

Little Cedar Solar Project

Construction of 2.5-megawatt solar photovoltaic facility within a 20-acre project are located in Mitchell County, Iowa

Staff Assignment Name: Damon Armstrong
Project Submittal Date: March 6, 2025
DOE CE Applied: B5.16

MHG Solar, LLC

Lowery Road Solar Project

The proposed project is a proposed 4.99 megawatt solar photovoltaic facility located on a parcel that has been previously disturbed for agriculture activities. The Project is located in the Town of Barre, Washington County, Vermont.

Staff Assignment Name-Maria Tur
Project Submittal Date-11/22/24
Project Approval Date-2/11/25
DOE CE Applied-B5.16

Sandhills Energy

Waverly Solar Project

Brief Project Description    Construction of a 4 MW solar electric generation facility that will be sited on approximately 26 acres near the intersection of Heritage Way and 10th Avenue SW, Bremer County, Waverly, Iowa. The Project site consists of agricultural land cultivated for soybean crops.
 

Staff Assignment Name    Maria Tur
Project Submittal Date    10/10/24
Project Approval Date    2/20/25
DOE CE Applied    B5.16
 

SE Municipal Solar, LLC

Yuma Array Community Solar

Construction of a 4 MW solar electric generation facility that will be sited on a previously disturbed 23-acre parcel consisting of a former wastewater facility in Yuma County, Yuma, Colorado.

Staff Assignment Name: Maria Tur
Project Submittal Date: 3/27/2025
Project Approval Date: 4/3/2025
DOE CE Applied: B5.16

Stag Moose Solar, LLC

Mondovi Solar Project

The Project is a proposed 3-megawatt solar photovoltaic facility located on a parcel that has been previously disturbed for agriculture activities. The Project is located in the Town of Mondovi, Buffalo County, Wisconsin.

Staff Assignment Name - Alan Hachey
Project Submittal Date -1 2/17/24
Project Approval Date - 2/13/25
DOE CE Applied - B5.16
 

Kalmar Solar Project

The proposed project is a 2.5-megawatt solar photovoltaic facility on 15 acres of a previously disturbed agricultural site in Olmsted County, Kalmar, Minnesota.

Staff Assignment Name- Maria Tur
Project Submittal Date-   12/13/24
Project Approval Date-    2/20/25
DOE CE Applied-   B5.16

Spooner Solar Project

The proposed project is a 2.25 megawatt solar photovoltaic facility located on a parcel in the City of Spooner, Washburn County, Wisconsin. A portion of the Project area was previously used as a storage/borrow site for winter road sand and gravel. The site is otherwise vacant, industrially zoned land which is adjacent to an existing solar array.

Staff Assignment Name- Maria Tur
Project Submittal Date-   11/22/24
Project Approval Date-    2/11/25
DOE CE Applied-   B5.16
 

United Power, Inc.

United Power, Inc. and Overland Solar, LLC Power Purchase Agreement

New ERA awardee will purchase a quantity of clean energy. After the purchase is made, the RUS grant can reimburse the awardee up to 25 percent of the cost. RUS’s PPA grants provide operating capital. 

Staff Assignment Name: Shawn Boone
Project Submittal Date: June 24, 2024
Project Approval Date: January 15, 2024
DOE CE Applied: B4.1