By SANDRA BRAND
Times Editor
When Hybar becomes fully operational in 2025, CEO Dave Stickler said it will be the greenest steel mill in North America and the only steel mill with 100 percent renewable power.
On Thursday, the first 52 of 189,000 solar panels were installed on the Hybar property just south of Osceola.
Hybar employee Jesse Simmons explained once the project is completed, Hybar will receive its power directly from its own local source. “We will know where our energy is coming from and we will be 100 percent green.”
Simmons noted Hybar will also have a battery storage facility which will hold 160 megawatt hours of solar power.
The solar field is being built by Depcom Power who has some 174 employees now working on the Hybar project.
Employee Areila Schrader explained Depcom broke ground on the Osceola project this past July and the completion date is set for August 2025.
Based out of Scottsdale, Arizona, Depcom Power is a Koch Brothers Engineered Solutions company.
Pictured are Hybar CEO Dave Sticker joins the Hybar and Depcom team as the first solar panels are installed.