The Wichita-Sedgwick County Metropolitan Area Planning Commission is taking a look at a renewable energy project proposal for the construction of a solar farm and battery storage facility on about 1,500 acres southwest of Wichita. The request is from Galena Solar Project, LLC, who are asking to rezone 1,490 acres from about 119th Street West to a little east of South Ridge Road and from West 47th Street South to West 63rd Street South.
The planning commission’s agenda recommends approval of the project, “with conditions.” The renewable energy project calls for 600,000 solar panels and a battery system on what is currently farmland. If the Wichita-Sedgwick County Metropolitan Area Planning Commission signs off on the renewable energy project outside the city, the project would then need approval from the Wichita City Council and the Sedgwick County Commission to move forward.
