Eastern U.S. utility and energy infrastructure firm Avangrid moves ever westward with commercial operations achieved at its 202-MW Powell Creek Solar project in Ohio.
Powell Creek is the second power facility in Ohio for Avangrid, which is owned by Spain’s Iberdrola global energy conglomerate. The solar farm in Putnam County includes more than 300,000 panels and employed about 500 workers during construction.
Avangrid designed the Powell Creek solar farm to interconnect and offer regional grid support during peak summer demand. It also contributes to grid capacity for data centers, manufacturing and commercial electrification, the company noted.
According to a recent U.S. National Power Demand Study by S&P Global, energy demand in the U.S. is expected to increase by about 50 percent by 2040 due to new data centers. Projects like Powell Creek are helping to meet growing energy needs, improve the reliability of regional electric grids, and deliver sustained economic growth.
Currently, Avangrid has over 500 MW of installed capacity in Ohio to generate the equivalent of enough electricity for more 100,000 homes annually. Avangrid’s Ohio footprint contributed about $3 million in state and local taxes in 2024 and about $5 million in lease payments to participating landowners.
Avangrid has added nearly 600 MW of new domestic energy capacity to the U.S. grid within the last six months. While Avangrid employs 22 people in Ohio, it operates about 10.5 GW of energy capacity across the U.S.
Most of Avangrid’s operations are in utilities through New England, New York and Pennsylvania.
