Energy transition firm Alluvial Power has announced the completion and commercial operation of Boot Hill Solar, a 150 MWac solar project located in Ford County, slightly west of central Kansas.

With 471 MW of solar capacity installed as of Q1 2026, Kansas currently ranks 41st in the Solar Energy Industries Association’s (SEIA) Solar State By State rankings. Now online, Boot Hill Solar will rank as one of the largest projects in the Sunflower State, behind the 189-MW Pixley Solar Energy Center.

As part of a long-term power purchase agreement, the project’s energy output will be delivered to Sunflower Electric Power Corp., a Kansas-based electric generation and transmission utility. Sunflower currently serves seven member utilities in central and western Kansas.

“We’re really pleased to see Boot Hill Solar reach this important milestone,” says 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.”

Representatives say they expect Boot Hill Solar to generate nearly 400 GWh of electricity per year, which currently represents about 9% of Sunflower’s current energy needs.

Enhancing state reliability

The Boot Hill Solar site contains 394,960 bifacial, single-axis tracking panels and 39 inverters across about 1,000 acres of land, according to Sunflower officials. Now online, the project will boost reliability in the Dodge City area by taking so much of the utility’s power needs off of the wider grid.

“Reaching commercial operation is a major step forward for this project and for the Sunflower system,” says Corey Linville, Sunflower’s SVP 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.”

In addition to adding grid resiliency and reliability, the project will add peak energy during the hottest days of the year, Alluvial Power representatives say. By adding capacity for central Kansas, the project will attempt to curb the elevated risk of blackouts and grid strain the state has seen in recent summers.

“This resource will serve Sunflower’s members for decades,” Linville adds, “enhancing reliability while capturing the economic efficiencies of solar generation.”

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