Huntsville City Council approves county’s largest solar farm in Triana

TRIANA, Ala. (WHNT) — Triana is set to soon be home to the largest solar farm in North Alabama.

The Huntsville City Council voted to move forward with the project on land partially owned by the city on Thursday.

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“This will provide additional energy capacity to the customers of Huntsville Utilities,” said Chris Jones, Huntsville Utilities Chief Operating Officer. “TVA allows us to provide up to 5% of the energy on our own, and this will fulfill our five percentage.”

Jones said Huntsville Utilities has learned from other solar projects in the area that this type of locally produced energy costs less than energy from TVA. The idea behind a project like this is to keep utility bills down as Huntsville continues to grow.

“We learned that the cost savings was actually more than we anticipated,” Jones said. “We anticipated the energy savings. What we found was during the summer months and the shorter months, we got a nice demand reduction, so it’s actually saved us more money than we expected.”

Jones mentioned another benefit of solar energy: it reduces carbon emissions. The farm would be located off Wall Triana Highway south of Sixth Street.

It would produce between 45 and 50 megawatts of power, which is enough to power thousands of homes. It will be built by the same developer responsible for the solar farm in the North Huntsville Industrial Park near the Toyota plant.

Once construction starts, it is expected to take less than 14 months to finish.

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