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Solar Gardens Project Locations

green bud between solar panels

Harvesting Shared Energy

We’ve added new solar power plants to our portfolio of renewable and clean energy resources in Michigan's Lower Peninsula.

Read below to learn more about our various project locations.

Project #1

Grand Valley State University

Located on GVSU’s Allendale Campus, South of Pierce Avenue near 48th Avenue.

  • 17-acre site contains 11,200 solar panels

  • Generates up to 3 mega-watts of electricity

  • Largest community solar project in the state of Michigan

  • Construction completed in the spring of 2016

  • Operations began in April 2016

Project #2

Western Michigan University

  • Located on WMU’s Kalamazoo campus at the Business, Technology and Research Park
  • Approximately 3,900 solar panels were installed on 8.5 acres of land

  • Will generate up to 1 mega-watt of electricity

  • Construction completed in the summer of 2016

  • Operations began in August 2016

Project #3

Aerial view of the Solar Gardens Cadillac project

Cadillac

  • Located in the city of Cadillac

  • Approximately 1,752 solar panels being installed on 2.77 acres of repurposed brownfield land (The first Consumers Energy “Brownfield” to “Brightfield” project)

  • Will generate up to ½ mega-watt of electricity

  • Site will incorporate an 885 kWh DC battery storage system

  • Operations began in June 2021

  • Seeded with pollinator-friendly habitat

Project #4

Solar panel from Blackman solar garden

Blackman

  • Located in Blackman Township, Jackson County

  • About 4,950 solar panels on 30 acres of land

  • Generates up to 2.5 megawatts of electricity

  • Construction is scheduled to start in spring 2025

  • Operations are slated to start in December 2025