Boot Hill Solar Achieves Commercial Operation

FORD COUNTY, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alluvial Power announced Boot Hill Solar, a 150 MW (AC) solar project in Ford County, Kan., commenced commercial operation. Boot Hill Solar’s output will be delivered to Sunflower Electric Power Corporation, a Kansas not-for-profit electric generation and transmission utility serving seven member utilities in central and western Kansas, under a long-term power purchase agreement.

"We're really pleased to see Boot Hill Solar reach this important milestone," said Brian Kirk, Partner at Alluvial Power. "Sunflower has been a great partner throughout this process, and we're excited to contribute to Kansas's growing clean energy portfolio."

“Reaching commercial operation is a major step forward for this project and for the Sunflower system,” said Corey Linville, Sunflower Senior Vice President and Chief Operations Officer of Generation and Power Supply. “We appreciate the collaboration of Ford County, Victory Electric Cooperative, and the many partners who helped Alluvial and Sunflower advance the Boot Hill Solar project to completion.”

Boot Hill Solar is expected to generate nearly 400,000 megawatt-hours of energy annually, which represents roughly 9% of Sunflower’s current system energy needs. In addition to enhancing reliability in the Dodge City area, the project provides valuable on-peak energy and capacity during the hottest days of the year. It complements Sunflower’s diverse generation portfolio while helping maintain stable wholesale electric rates.

MUFG Bank, Ltd. served as the lead arranger for the construction and term debt facilities and RBC Community Investments provided tax equity financing for Boot Hill Solar.

About Alluvial Power—Alluvial Power is an energy transition platform that develops, re-develops and constructs power infrastructure projects with a focus on the energy transition in the U.S. Alluvial Power works closely and collaboratively with its partners to meet their needs through customized solutions. The Alluvial Power team consists of industry veterans responsible for 7 GW of projects now in operation representing over $30 billion in investment. Alluvial Power is backed by OPTrust, one of Canada’s largest pension funds, which manages over C$27 billion in assets on behalf of more than 117,000 plan members.