JACKSON, MI (WTVB) – Consumers Energy announced on Wednesday they have reached agreements to add 300 megawatts of clean energy, enough to power about 150,000 homes, from two Michigan solar projects including one in Hillsdale County.
The solar developments are part of the company’s Clean Energy Plan which would increase renewable energy and eliminate coal electricity by 2025.
Consumers says the projects will help achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2040.
Both projects are being developed by Ranger Power, a utility-scale solar development company based in Chicago.
Consumers Energy would purchase power from Heartwood Solar in Hillsdale County and from Confluence Solar in Genesee County.
The agreements are being reviewed by the Michigan Public Service Commission.
The new solar projects are each 150 megawatts and scheduled to begin operating by year-end 2024. Ranger Power will own and operate the sites.
It was stated in a Consumers Energy press release that Ranger Power’s $150 million Heartwood Solar project will create up to 250 jobs in Hillsdale County and generate nearly $19 million in new property tax revenues over the lifetime of the project.
The new tax revenues will benefit several local taxing jurisdictions, including Hillsdale County; Allen and Fayette Townships; Jonesville Community Schools; Hillsdale Intermediate School District; and the Jonesville District Library.
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