A 250-MW solar project is now online in Michigan, sited on 1,900 acres at the Muskegon Resource Recovery Center, a wastewater treatment facility, landfill and additional environmental site.
Credit: Burns & McDonnell
Muskegon Solar is the largest solar project for Consumers Energy.
“Consumers Energy is building the electric grid of the future to serve Michigan homes and businesses. Muskegon Solar provides an example of the reliable, cost-effective projects we’re creating to make sure we continue to meet our customers’ needs,” said Sri Maddipati, Consumers Energy’s president of electric supply.
Burns & McDonnell served as the EPC for the project. The 250-MW project features First Solar Series 7 modules, Array Technology trackers, Siemens Gamesa inverters and Shoals Technologies Group and CAB Solar Cable Management tools.
“This project is a testament to the skill and dedication of the local men and women building it, and we’re proud to partner with Consumers Energy on such a landmark project for the region,” says Chad Cotter, a vice president in the construction group at Burns & McDonnell.
The project includes approximately 0.75 mile of new high-voltage transmission line that connects the facility to existing grid infrastructure. A dedicated open-air 34.5/138-kV collector substation featured a single main power transformer (MPT) stepping up generation to a 138-kV dead-tank circuit breaker and onward to a single takeoff structure for interconnection. The Burns & McDonnell team also designed a 20-by-40-ft control enclosure to house all relaying, protection, and control systems. A new single-circuit 138-kV transmission line, approximately one-half mile in length, was designed to connect the collector substation to the remote interconnection switchyard.
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