Current Intermittent Energy Projects in Van Zandt County Tx

This was a 1000+ acre project that would have put over 450,000 solar panels on active ranch land in SW Van Zandt County. Neighbors, landowners, ranchers and citizens of the county banded together and pressured the cancellation of this project.

Built near the community of Ben Wheeler, this is the first solar facility built in Van Zandt County. It is a small project but still took up hundreds of productive acres. In 2023 it was damaged in one of East Texas' typical hailstorms. In that same year at least 75 calls were received due to fires in the panels. In 2024 one fire spread to adjacent pastureland.

Glen Pine Solar is planned for the area East of FM 47 and South of I20 and is a 600+ acre project. Besides the destruction to the prime ranch land, this project also includes a large Lithium Battery storage facility. A runaway fire in this storage unit could threaten the occupied homes in the area. This project is now planned for construction any day 2025.

A Lithium Battery storage facility is being built by Taaleri Energia (Finland) at FM47 and FM1651. This project is scheduled for production in 2025. $40M of the project is from taxpayers. This project will buy electricity at a low price from the grid and turn around and sell it back to the grid at much higher prices, increasing your electricity costs and covering for unreliable Wind and Solar.

A Lithium Battery storage facility is planned for the North Van Zandt County area with the exact location unknown at the moment. This will be a large (203.81MW) facility. More details when available.

A Lithium Battery storage facility is planned near VZCR 1110 east of VZCR 1111. This will be a mid-sized (153.72MW) facility. It is being built by UR-Silo DevCo LLC. More details when available.

A Lithium Battery storage facility is planned in Ben Wheeler at the location of the BT Kellum Solar facility. This will be a mid-sized (153.69MW) facility. It is being built by UR-Silo DevCo LLC. More details when available.

A Lithium Battery storage facility is planned on FM 1995 East of FM314. This will be a mid-sized (125.65MW) facility. It is being built by Van BT Storage LLC. More details when available.

A Lithium Battery storage facility is planned near VZCR 3601 North of Hwy 80. This will be a small (100.3MW) facility. It is being built by Tempus Power Management LLC. More details when available.

An industrial wind facility is planned for Pct2 from Phalba north to FM 3227. The planned size is 197.3MW. It is being built by ACEDev for AES. This project is now in active development per ERCOT. it is scheduled to go live with its 20+ turbines in December 2028.

Goldfinch Solar is planned for West of FM 751 and South of VZCR 3816. This project is for 150.54MW of industrial solar panels and also includes a 100.44MW Lithium Battery storage facility. This project is being built by BT DJ4M Solar LLC and its parent company built the fire-ridden BT Kellum facility in Ben Wheeler.

Iron Wolf Solar and Bess is planned for near Lake Tawakoni. This project is for a 200MW solar facility and 150MW LIthium Battery facility. The project is being built by RWE Solar Development LLC and is scheduled to be completed the end of 2026.

Two Lithium Mining operations are planned for north of I-20. One is by Tres Osos of West Texas and the other by Texas Lone Star Brine of Canada

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