Sunflower Electrical Energy is partnering on Boot Hill, a 150 MW photo voltaic venture close to Fort Dodge Station, the corporate’s electrical producing facility one mile southeast of Dodge Metropolis, Kan.
The corporate is a cooperatively operated wholesale technology and transmission utility serving seven member distribution utilities positioned in western Kansas. The Boot Hill Photo voltaic Mission, anticipated to begin operations in 2026, will be a part of Sunflower’s 20 MW Johnson Nook Photo voltaic Mission, which got here on-line in 2020, and Sunflower’s 20 MW Sunflower Electrical Photo voltaic @ Russell Mission, scheduled for industrial operation subsequent January.
Boot Hill will generate roughly 400,000 MWh yearly, says the corporate, and may have greater than 300,000 photo voltaic panels mounted on a single-axis photo voltaic monitoring system. The ability will complement the corporate’s different technology sources, offering its system with incremental capability.
The Victory Electrical Cooperative, positioned in Dodge Metropolis, joins Sunflower’s six different member-owners in supporting the Boot Hill Photo voltaic Mission. Sunflower is partnering with Alluvial Energy to design and assemble the venture.
“Every vitality technology useful resource sort has advantages, so Sunflower helps an all-of-the-above method to our technology portfolio,” says Steve Epperson, Sunflower interim president and CEO. “Sunflower’s Board of Administrators has rigorously analyzed the elements and variables related to including extra photo voltaic vitality to our system and believes the time is true to capitalize on the financial efficiencies and different advantages of this venture for our members.”
Building on Boot Hill is scheduled to start subsequent 12 months.
