A Florida-based energy company plans to develop a $450 million solar project in southwest Johnson County.
NextEra Energy Resources LLC’s West Gardner Solar Project is to include a 500-megawatt solar farm, along with 500 megawatts of battery storage, according to a company website. The company gives only a general location for the project, but says it will take in 3,500 acres.
The project would be significant because it would be NextEra’s first solar project in Kansas and due to the addition…