Avangrid Inc, a US-based unit of Spanish utility Iberdrola SA, has installed the first panels at its Powell Creek solar project in Ohio. The project will have a direct current (DC) capacity of 202 MW and will house about 300,000 panels, producing enough electricity to power 30,000 households annually. So far, over 1,000 of the panels have been installed at the site. The Powell Creek project, which is Avangrid’s second renewable power project in the state after the Blue Creek wind farm, will enter construction phase in 2023.

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