- Doral hires SOLV Energy to oversee the EPC of the Mammoth Solar Project.
- Amit Nadkarni, VP of Project Management at Doral LLC, says the project commences this month.
Doral LLC, a renewable energy developer, has hired SOLV Energy LLC to oversee the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) of the first phase 1.3-GW Mammoth Solar project in Northwestern Indiana.
SOLV Energy will work on the Mammoth North solar farm, which will have a generation capacity of 400 MW, enough to power 75,000 houses in the Midwest each year. A power purchase agreement (PPA) has already been signed with AEP Energy Partners, a subsidiary of American Electric Power Co Inc, for the plant’s completion next year.
“We will be mobilizing this month, and we look forward to the construction of this project over the next 15-18 months and adding 400 MWs of clean energy to the grid,” stated Amit Nadkarni, VP, Project Management at Doral LLC, which was created as a joint venture of Israel-based Doral Group
According to previous announcements, the entire Mammoth Solar project represents an economic investment of about USD 1.5 billion (EUR 1.42bn).
“Mammoth is revitalizing the area by delivering hundreds of millions in investment, tax and monetary payments to the region. We will also be re-directing irrigation wells that are not needed for solar to Bass Lake. The lake suffers from chronically low water levels,” commented Nick Cohen, president and CEO of Doral LLC.