Developers say Hoosier Jack solar project has signed interconnection agreement, aim to begin construction in 2025–26

Developers of the proposed 175‑megawatt Hoosier Jack Solar Project told Vigo County commissioners on June 3, 2025, that they have signed a generator interconnection agreement and estimate construction will start between late 2025 and mid‑2026, with a target to complete the project by the end of 2027.

“We actually just signed our generator interconnection agreement for the project last year,” said Amber Kim, development manager for Dereva Energy, during a presentation to the commission. She said the project straddles Vigo and Sullivan counties, with about 900 acres in Vigo County and roughly 600 acres in Sullivan County, and will connect to an existing 138‑kilovolt transmission line owned by Duke Energy Indiana.

The project, Kim said, is sited largely on a reclaimed, decommissioned coal site and lies immediately south of a county‑designated Hoosier Jack megasite. Kim described the site as a brownfield reuse opportunity and said the 175‑megawatt project is roughly…