Solar project at Toyota plant one of 13 new million-dollar-plus permits in Huntsville

TMMAL Solar Array Hero Image 1 — One of the new million-dollar-plus permits approved this week is for the solar project at Toyota’s North Alabama Engine Plant. (PR Newswire)

Over the last two weeks, 24 new million-dollar-plus permits were issued for construction projects throughout the state, with 13 of those permits for projects in Huntsville.

The Freedom Industrial Park and the solar power project at Toyota’s North Alabama Engine Plant are among those permits approved this week. Here’s more:

Solar project at Toyota’s North Alabama Engine Plant

339953303 238569115404137 6341727801157729233 n — The new million-dollar-plus permits issued recently include a $42 million joint project between Toyota and Huntsville Utilities. (Huntsville Utitlities)

Huntsville Utilities, Toyota Alabama and Toyota Tsusho America, Inc. will collaborate on the 168-acre solar project, which will mean that more than 70 percent of Toyota Alabama’s power will come from solar energy.

The building permit issued for the project last week is approximately $42 million. Here is some more info on this project:

The 30-megawatt solar-generated system will be located in the North Huntsville Industrial Park, surrounding the Toyota engine plant.
The solar facility is scheduled to begin generating solar energy in summer of 2024.
It is expected to generate 62,000 megawatt hours annually – reducing approximately 22,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions per year.
TAI’s Energy Infrastructure Solutions team led the project’s development and will manage the construction, scheduled to begin this spring.
This project is another step towards accomplishing the automaker’s goal of achieving carbon neutrality in its operations by 2035.

More on these new million-dollar-plus permits

Thanks to our friends at Southern Exposure Information, we have the list of all new million-dollar-plus building permits approved in Alabama last week. Each week, they pull together information from building permits issued to get all the details on these projects. You can get access to all of their construction permits right here.

Here’s more info on these new building permits:

Date	City	Builder	Owner of Project	Project Address	Project State	Amount
06/15/2023	Huntsville	Ordner Construction Co Inc	The Home Depot USA	1035 Memorial Parkway NW	AL	$2,128,747
06/15/2023	Huntsville	Brasfield & Gorrie LLC	Greg Hall Copt	5300 Redstone Gateway SW	AL	$10,198,812
06/15/2023	Huntsville	Freedom Real Estate & Capital LLC	Pulaski Pike	7401 Pulaski Pike NW	AL	$10,767,461
06/15/2023	Huntsville	Dye Contracting LLC	Lila Turley	3025 Mountain Cove Blvd SE	AL	$2,600,000
06/15/2023	Huntsville	Inman Solar Inc	Carnine Farnan	1 Cotton Valley Dr NW unit solar 2	AL	$42,820,875
06/15/2023	Huntsville	Tri South Contractors	Carter Bailey	1854 Balch Rd NW	AL	$2,642,820
06/15/2023	Huntsville	Culbertson Contractors LLC	Norman LLC	11060 Memorial Parkway SW	AL	$4,400,000
06/15/2023	Huntsville	Benning Construction CO	Publix	4851 Whiteburg Dr SE unit B	AL	$1,177,823
06/15/2023	Huntsville	Tri-South Contractors	Carter Bailey	1854 Balch Rd NW	AL	$2,642,820
06/15/2023	Huntsville	Scott Construction Complete Home Repairs	Ed Scott	813 Capshaw Rd NW	AL	$1,212,690
06/15/2023	Huntsville	Duffey Southeast Inc	John Reno	5900 University Dr NW unit G	AL	$1,947,908
06/07/2023	Huntsville	Vincent Construction	RPI Two Winchester LLC	2032 Winchester Rd NE	AL	$1,070,081
06/07/2023	Huntsville	Southeastern Homes & Remodeling Inc	MS2 Limited	2505 Toll Gate Rd NE	AL	$1,020,000
06/07/2023	Huntsville	Integrated Construction LLC	Larry Bielski	5581 Holmes Ave NW	AL	$10,256,455

Past Permits

PlummerJohns Rear View 1636x876 1 — Johns Landing is one of the building permits issued two weeks ago. (Ridgehouse Co.)

In case you might have missed any of out previous reports on new building permits issued for million-dollar-plus projects, here are some of the lists from the last few months:

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