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Aligned Solar Partners 6 (ASP6) LP
Description: The Delaware Ave Solar Project (project) is a proposed 5,324 kilowatt of DC capacity (kWdc) ground mount solar PV generation facility occupying approximately 15 acres within an 18-acre parcel and includes 9,179 solar modules located in Kent County, DE.
Staff assignment name: Russell Japuntich
Project submittal date: 11/8/2024
Project Approval Date: 8/25/2025
DOE CE Applied: B5.16
Brief Project Description: Construction of a solar electric generation facility that will be sited on approximately 44 acres of previously disturbed agricultural land in Bradford County, PA.
Staff Assignment Name: Maria Tur
Project Submittal Date: 6/18/2025
Project Approval Date: 9/18/2025
DOE CE Applied: B5.16
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
Brief Project Description: Construction of a solar electric generation facility that will be sited on approximately 79 acres of previously disturbed agricultural land in Wyoming County, PA.
Staff Assignment Name: Maria Tur
Project Submittal Date: 6/18/2025
Project Approval Date: 9/18/2025
DOE CE Applied: B5.16
American Samoa Airport Solar Farm, LLC
Brief Project Description: Construct a 25.03-megawatt (MW) direct current (DC)/20.86-MW alternating current (AC) solar generation facility within the boundaries of Pago Pago International Airport
Staff Assignment Name: Damon Armstrong
Department of Energy Categorical Exclusion Applied - B5.16
Bluestem Energy Solutions, LLC
Construction of a 5.0 MW solar electric generation facility that will be sited on approximately 65.9 acres of previously disturbed agricultural land in Allen County, Scottsville, Kentucky.
Staff Assignment Name: Maria Tur
Project Submittal Date: April 2025
Project Approval Date: April 2025
DOE CE Applied: B5.16
Carmi Affordable Solar, LLC
Brief Project Description – Construct a 2.4 MWac solar photo-voltaic energy generating facility over 17 acres of agricultural land. Tie in line to existing pole.
Staff Assignment Name – Damon Armstrong
Project Submittal Date – 04 April 2025
Department of Energy Categorical Exclusion Applied - B5.16
Central Electric Power Cooperative
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
Clay Creek Energy
Brief Project Description – Construct a 1.8 -megawatt solar photovoltaic facility located on a parcel in previously disturbed for agriculture activities.
Staff Assignment Name – Damon Armstrong
Project Submittal Date – July 30, 2025
Department of Energy Categorical Exclusion Applied - B5.16
Cunningham Solar WA, LLC
Construction of a 2.99 MW solar photovoltaic facility that will be sited on approximately 30 acres of previously disturbed agricultural land in Adams County, Washington.
Staff Assignment Name: Maria Tur
Project Submittal Date: April 2025
Project Approval Date: April 2025
DOE CE Applied: B5.16
Dairyland LLC
Project Description: T The project will provide a Renewable Energy Resource (RER) system and Energy Storage System (ESS) which will generate clean, renewable solar energy. The ESS will allow for load balancing and system support during peak demand periods. The renewable energy resource will consist of two megawatts of Solar photovoltaic (PV) connected to a Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) with the capacity to provide 1 megawatt of power for 4 hours. The RER and connected BESS will utilize Tier 1 Bifacial Modules as well as string inverters and the BESS batteries will be Lithium iron phosphate.
Area Footprint (in acres) – In total, the Project area encompasses approximately 20.3 acres. The planned fenced in area to support the solar and energy storage equipment is approximately 10.5 acres. Of the 10.5 fenced in acres, the solar panels will be arrayed across approximately 8.5 acres.
Project Submittal Date: March 2025
Project Approval Date: 7/29/25
DOE CatEx Applied: B5.16
Dairyland Power Cooperative
Brief Project Description: Construction of a 2.0 MW solar electric generation facility and battery energy storage that will be sited on approximately 12 acres of previously disturbed agricultural land.
Staff Assignment Name: Maria Tur
Project Submittal Date: June 9, 2025
Project Approval Date: July 23, 2025
DOE CE Applied: B5.16
Georgia Transmission Corporation
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
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
Construction of a 3.0 MW solar electric generation facility that will be sited on approximately 20 acres of previously disturbed agricultural land in St. Croix County, Hammond, Wisconsin.
Staff Assignment Name: Maria Tur
Project Submittal Date: March 2025
Project Approval Date: April 2025
DOE CE Applied: B5.16
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
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
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
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
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
Project Description: The Project area 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 17-acre Project area during construction. The site is adjacent to existing Eau Claire Energy Cooperative (“the Cooperative”) distribution lines that would allow for ease of interconnection. The Applicant and Eau Claire Energy Cooperative have an interconnection agreement that allows for interconnection of the Bridge Creek Solar Project to the existing 12.47 kilovolt (kV) distribution line along County Rd V.
Project Submittal Date: March 2025
Project Approval Date: 3/12/25
DOE CatEx Applied: B5.16
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
The proposed project is a 3 megawatt solar facility on a 15-acre parcel in Luck, Polk County, Wisconsin.
Staff Assignment Name: Suzanne Kopich
Project Submittal Date: 3/6/2025
Project Approval Date: 5/14/2025
DOE CE Applied: B5.16
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
Project Description: 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, and the effects of the summation of these actions are analyzed in this Environmental Review. The Applicant and Polk Burnett Electric Cooperative (“the Cooperative”) have an interconnection agreement that allows for the interconnection of the Viola Solar Project to the existing pole-mounted 12.47 kV (kilovolt) distribution line along State Road 70.
Project Submitted Date: March 2025
Project Approval Date: 3/12/25
DOE CatEx Applied: B5.16
Highland Affordable Solar, LLC
Brief Project Description: The Highland Affordable Solar PACE IL Project (project) is a 6.9-MW solar farm including access roads, fencing, and associated utilities occupying approximately 42 acres located in Madison County, IL.
Staff assignment name: Russell Japuntich
Project submittal date: 4/28/2025
Project Approval Date: 9/22/2025
DOE CE Applied: B5.16
KPP Energy
Construction of a 6-MW solar energy generating facility that will be sited on approximately 31.15 acres of previously disturbed agricultural land in Cowley County, Winfield, Kansas.
Staff Assignment Name: Maria Tur
Project Submittal Date: April 2025
Project Approval Date: April 2025
DOE CE Applied: B5.16
Lawrenceburg Utility Solar Systems 1, LLC
Lawrenceburg Utility Solar Systems 1 (LUSS1, LLC) proposes to construct a 5 megawatt solar project on a 35 acre site southeast of Loretto in Lawrence County, Tennessee.
Staff Assignment Name: Suzanne Kopich
Project Submittal Date: 6/12/2025
Project Approval Date: 6/30/2025
DOE CE Applied: B5.16
Massac DSN Enterprise Solar
The proposed project is a 1.5 MW solar farm including access roads, fencing, and associated utilities. The site is approximately 11 acres in size located in Massac County, IL.
Staff assignment name: Russell Japuntich
Project submittal date: 5/17/2025
Project Approval Date: 7/22/2025
DOE CE Applied: B5.16
MHG Solar, LLC
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
Paw Paw Affordable Solar, LLC
Paw Paw Affordable Solar, LLC intends to develop a 2.5-MW solar farm including access roads, fencing, and associated utilities on 19 acres of agricultural land in the Village of Paw Paw, Van Buren County, Michigan.
Staff Assignment Name: Suzanne Kopich
Project Submittal Date: 3/20/2025
Project Approval Date: 8/21/2025
DOE CE Applied: B5.16
Phelps County Development Corp, Inc.
Brief Project Description: Construction of a 2.25 MW-ac / 2.86MW-dc solar electric generation facility that will be sited on approximately 11 acres of previously disturbed hydrologically altered land.
Project Submittal Date: Feb 2025
Project Approval Date: May 2025
DOE CE Applied: B5.16
River Song Solar, LLC
The proposed project is a 14 MW solar photovoltaic facility on 119 acres of previously disturbed agricultural land located in Tuscumbia, Colbert County, Alabama.
Staff Assignment: Suzanne Kopich
Project Submittal Date: 6/30/2025
Project Approval Date: 7/9/2025
DOE CE Applied: B5.16
San Miguel Electric Cooperative, Inc.
The project is a proposed 400-megawatt solar facility located on land that was previously disturbed for lignite mining. The project is located in Christine, Atascosa County, Texas.
Staff Assignment Name: Terry Czerwien
Project Submittal Date: 4/10/25
Project Approval Date: 7/21/25
DOE CE Applied: B5.16
Sandhills Energy
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
The proposed project would cover approximately 31 acres of vacant private land. The project would include 12,9000 modules, 24 generating units and inverters.
Staff assignment name: Russell Japuntich
Project submittal date: 9/5/2025
Project Approval Date: 9/9/2025
DOE CE Applied: B5.16
The Proposed Action would include solar arrays installed in the 33.7-acre project area. The project would include 12,9000 modules, 24 generating units, and inverters.
Staff assignment name: Russell Japuntich
Project submittal date: 9/5/2025
Project Approval Date: 9/9/2025
DOE CE Applied: B5.16
SE Municipal Solar, LLC
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
SolAmerica Energy
Brief Project Description: Construction of a 4.5 MW solar farm including access roads, fencing, and associated utilities on 17 acres of previously disturbed agricultural land in VanBuren County, Michigan.
Staff Assignment Name: Maria Tur
Project Submittal Date: 6/10/2025
Project Approval Date: 9/24/2025
DOE CE Applied: B5.16
Brief Project Description: Construction of a 3.0-MW solar facility including access roads, fencing, and associated utilities on the site of a capped landfill in Bear Creek Township, Emmet County, MI.
Staff Assignment Name: Maria Tur
Project Submittal Date: 6/18/2025
Project Approval Date: 9/18/2025
DOE CE Applied: B5.16
Brief Project Description: Construction of a 1.2 MW solar electric generation facility that will be sited on approximately 11 acres of previously disturbed agricultural land in Bethany Township, Gratiot County, MI.
Staff Assignment Name: Maria Tur
Project Submittal Date: 6/18/2025
Project Approval Date: 9/17/2025
DOE CE Applied: B5.16
Brief Project Description: Construct a 4.5 megawatt (MW-ac) solar energy facility including ancillary project facilities on approximately 20 acres within the study area of agricultural land. Tie in line to existing pole.
Staff Assignment Name: Damon Armstrong
Department of Energy Categorical Exclusion Applied - B5.16
The project is a 2.5-MW solar farm including access roads, fencing, and associated utilities on a 15-acre parcel used as agricultural land, located in Union Township, Kossuth County, Iowa.
Staff Assignment: Suzanne Kopich
Project Submittal Date:
Project Approval Date: 9/22/2025
DOE CE Applied: B5.16
Stag Moose Solar, LLC
The Project is a proposed 2.5-megawatt solar facility on a 20-acre previously disturbed area. The Project is located in Ringe, Olmsted County, Minnesota.
Staff Assignment Name: Terry Czerwien
Project Submittal Date: 12/4/24
Project Approval Date: 9/15/25
DOE CE Applied: B5.16
The Project is a proposed 2.5-megawatt solar photovoltaic facility located on a 20-acre parcel that has been previously disturbed for agriculture activities. The Project is located in the Ludlow Township, Allamakee County, Iowa.
Staff Assignment Name: Terry Czerwien
Project Submittal Date: 12/2/24
Project Approval Date: 5/27/25
DOE CE Applied: B5.16
Brief Project Description: The Wild Turkey Solar Project (Project) is a proposed 5-megawatt solar photovoltaic facility located on a parcel in the Southwest Quarter of Section 35, Township 102 North, Range 6 West, Town of Caledonia, Houston 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 36-acre Project area during construction. The Applicant and MiEnergy Cooperative have an interconnection agreement that allows for the interconnection of the Wild Turkey Solar Project to the existing pole-mounted 12.74 kilovolt distribution line along S Prairie Dr.
Staff Assignment Name: Solv LLC
Project Submittal Date: 9/12/25
Project Approval Date: 9/17/25
DOE CE Applied: B5.16
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
Brief Project Description: The Project area is currently fallow land which will require minimal grading. According to historical aerial imagery, the Project Area was used for agricultural and timber production until approximately 2012, when the parcel was cleared of vegetation. Since then, the Project Area has remained fallow land. The disturbance of land would be limited to the approximately 20-acre Project area during construction.
Project Submittal Date: DEC 2024
Project Approval Date: JAN2025
DOE CE Applied: B5.16
Brief Project Description: Stage Moose Solar, LLC proposes to construct the Whitewater Solar Project (Project), a 2-megawatt solar photovoltaic facility located on a parcel in the Southwest Quarter of Section 3, Township 108 North, Range 11 West, Town of Plainfield, Wabasha County, Minnesota. The current site is an open field that has been previously disturbed for agriculture activities and therefore, would require minimal grading. The disturbance of land would be limited to the approximately 15-acre Project area during construction.
Project Submittal Date: DEC 2024
Project Approval Date: JAN2025
DOE CE Applied: B5.16
Brief Project Description: The Clark Solar Project is a proposed 2.5-megawatt solar photovoltaic facility located on a parcel in the Northwest Quarter of Section 8, Township 28 North, Range 2 West, Town of Longwood, Clark County, Wisconsin, on land 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 15-acre project area during construction. The site is adjacent to existing Clark Energy Cooperative distribution lines that would allow for ease of interconnection.
Project Submittal Date: August 2025
Project Approval Date: 8/22/25
DOE CE Applied: B5.16
Applicant Name and Number – Stag Moose Solar, LLC
Project Name – Bjorn Solar
Brief Project Description – Construct a 5-megawatt solar photovoltaic facility located on a parcel in previously disturbed for agriculture activities.
- Staff Assignment Name – Damon Armstrong
- Project Submittal Date – July 25, 2025
- Department of Energy Categorical Exclusion Applied - B5.16
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
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
Today's Power, Inc.
The Project is a proposed 4.999-megawatt solar facility located on a 35-acre parcel that has been previously disturbed. The Project is located in Hindsville, Madison County, Arkansas.
Staff Assignment Name: Terry Czerwien
Project Submittal Date: 1/6/25
Project Approval Date: 6/16/25
DOE CE Applied: B5.16
United Power, Inc.
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