Wolf Creek Solar has started its construction of its approved solar project on Sept. 29 outside Montgomery City.

The Montgomery County Planning and Zoning department announced that Wolf Creek Solar is working on the substation that is located near the intersection of Elkhorn Creek Road and Vandiver Road. Work will be finished possibly by November.

“It’s very explicit on how they’re going to get everything done,” Zoning Administrator Donna Viehmann said. “Right now, it’s leveling the ground so they could turn that substation over to Ameren. It’s another one of those timeline things that they have to meet to make this thing work.”

Wolf Creek Solar is a project of Apex Clean Energy of Charlottesville, Va. According to its website, it is a 100 megawatt facility that would generate enough energy to power up to 22,000 homes.

Viehmann said Wolf Creek Solar came to the Planning and Zoning office about a year ago and got a permit to build an 882-acre solar farm.

“At that time, they gave me a timeline of what they plan on doing and how fast and when they plan on having everything done,” Viehmann said. “So they’re about 8-9 months behind. Then, boom, out of the blue one day, I got a call from their project manager and he goes, ‘Hey, I want to come out and visit with you because we’re going to start construction.’”

The Montgomery County Commission approved the rezoning of two different parcels of property from residential to agricultural in 2022. The Planning and Zoning Board approved the rezoning of the two parcels of property weeks before.