New solar facility in Marion County will power thousands of homes
A new solar power facility near Marion-Williamsport Road and Ohio 423 in Marion County has begun operating, contributing to Ohio’s renewable energy infrastructure.
The 100-megawatt Marion County Solar Project started construction in November 2024 and covers 750 acres, according to a news release from Tango Holdings LLC, a joint venture between Savion Equity LLC, a subsidiary of Shell plc, and a fund managed by the Ares Infrastructure Opportunities strategy.
The facility consists of 245,000 solar modules mounted on single-axis trackers. It is expected to generate enough electricity to power approximately 20,800 Ohio homes annually for the next 40 years.
A long-term virtual power purchase agreement has been executed with a Fortune 100 technology company for offtake of the facility’s full capacity, according to the announcement.
The project is one of two new solar facilities by Tango Holdings. The other, located in Elkhart County, Indiana, also has a capacity of 100 megawatts and began construction in August 2024.
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The Elkhart facility spans 850 acres and contains about 245,000 solar modules. It is projected to generate enough electricity to power approximately 20,000 Indiana homes annually for the next 40 years. Indiana Michigan Power, an American Electric Power company, has secured a power purchase agreement for the facility’s full output.
“Bringing these two solar projects to commercial operations underscores Savion’s priority of delivering domestic, cost-competitive power to the areas of the U.S. grid with the highest energy demand,” Nick Lincon, president and chief executive officer of Savion, said in the release. “Utility-scale solar is an available, deployable solution for strengthening the U.S. energy system today. We’re grateful to our partner Ares and the local officials and communities whose collaboration made these projects possible.”
Savion developed the projects and will manage them as a member of the joint venture. Shell Renewable Asset Management International will oversee ongoing asset management.
The two sites are part of a five-project portfolio totaling 496 megawatts announced as part of the joint venture in July 2025. Four of the projects have reached commercial operation, and the fifth is under construction.
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