2nd Mon Power solar site under construction in Marion County [Video]

RIVESVILLE, W.Va. (WBOY) — A second West Virginia Mon Power solar site is under construction in Rivesville, parent company FirstEnergy announced in a press release on Tuesday.

The solar station will be able to produce up to 5.5 megawatts of renewable energy, according to the company. FirstEnergy said one megawatt can power an average of 173 homes citing the Solar Energy Industries Association, meaning 5.5 megawatts would be able to power about 951 homes.

The solar site will be on 27 acres off Morgan Ridge Road at an old brownfield site that hasn’t been used since the Rivesville Power Station was deactivated in 2012.

“We are proud to be transforming a former coal ash disposal site into a source of clean renewable energy for our customers,” FirstEnergy’s West Virginia Operations President Jim Myers said in the release. “We believe the energy generated by our West Virginia solar sites will continue …