Arevon Energy, a renewable energy developer, started operations at the 430-MWDC Kelso Solar Project in Scott County, Missouri.
Arevon Energy broke ground on the 430-MWDC Kelso Solar Project in May 2025.
Arevon developed, built and will own and operate the Kelso Solar Project. The two-phase facility, Arevon’s first utility-scale projects in Missouri, increased the state’s solar capacity by nearly 50% and generates enough energy to power more than 62,000 homes each year.
During construction, the project employed more than 450 personnel and is estimated to disburse more than $62 million in property tax payments over its lifetime, supporting schools, infrastructure and first responders.
Arevon hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony yesterday for the project’s partners, Scott County leaders, local business owners, landowners and community members to celebrate the collective effort to bring the facility online.
“After years of responsible development and construction, I am proud to see the Kelso Solar Project, Arevon’s first large-scale project in Missouri, generating safe, domestic-made energy,” said Justin Johnson, interim CEO of Arevon. “Kelso Solar reflects the strong collaboration among Arevon, our partners, and Scott County’s landowners and local leaders, who all played a critical role in bringing this project to fruition. We look forward to Kelso Solar serving America’s energy needs for many decades.”
Throughout development and construction, Arevon donated $525,000, in partnership with Primoris Services’ renewables group, the project’s construction contractor, to the Scott County Central School District for a solar-powered bus carport; contributed $300,000 to the Kenny Rogers Children’s Center, a pediatric out-patient therapy facility serving children with special needs, to help build a new gymnasium; and gave $300,000 for new Chromebooks for Scott County R-IV School District students and an additional $145,000 to support safety initiatives and the STEM program for the school district, among other donations.
“Arevon has been an incredible supporter of the Kenny Rogers Children’s Center and the entire Scott County community. As we prepare for our largest annual fundraiser — the telethon — which raises about $300,000 each year to provide free physical, occupational, and speech therapy to local children, their generosity means everything,” said Michelle Fayette, executive director at the Kenny Rogers Children’s Center. “When Arevon announced at the Kelso Solar groundbreaking that they would match our Telethon total, I was speechless — nothing like that had happened in my 24 years at the center.”
In the past several months, Arevon announced the start of the operations at its Ratts 1 and Heirloom Solar Projects, 264 MWDC of new domestic solar power in Indiana, and continues to advance construction on its 124 MWDC Big Muddy Solar Project in Illinois. In addition, Arevon developed and managed construction of the 251-MWDC Gibson Solar Project and the 228-MWDC Posey Solar Project in Indiana on behalf of local utilities.
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