St. Lous Post Dispatch: Ameren seeks to build 15 MW solar array in Montgomery County, Mo.
Ameren Missouri wants to build a large-scale solar array in Montgomery County, Mo., its second major solar project in two years.
The utility’s plans call for a 15-megawatt solar plant that would produce an estimated 20,655 megawatt hours per year, enough to power roughly 1,600 households annually.
The utility filed an application seeking approval from state regulators this week.
The project is the second utility-scale solar project Ameren has proposed. Once completed, the new solar array would be more than twice the size of Ameren’s first utility-scale solar array in O’Fallon, Mo. The O’Fallon array went into service in December.
Ameren first mentioned a new solar project when it released its long-range energy plan in October. The plan calls for phasing out two of its coal power plants by 2033. The roughly 1,800 megawatts of coal power would be offset by an additional 400 megawatts of wind and a new 600-megawatt combined cycle natural gas plant.
