June 16, 2026
Energy transition company Alluvial force has announced the completion and commercial operation of Boot Hill Solar, a 150 MWac solar project located in Ford County, just west of central Kansas.
With an installed solar capacity of 471 MW in the first quarter of 2026, Kansas currently ranks 41st in the rankings. Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) Solar state by state rankings. Now online, Boot Hill Solar will be 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 supplied Sunflower Electric Power Corp., a Kansas-based electric generation and transmission company. Sunflower currently serves seven member utilities in central and western Kansas.
“We are very pleased to see Boot Hill Solar achieve this important milestone,” said Brian Kirk, partner at Alluvial Power. “Sunflower has been a great partner throughout this process and we are 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.
Improving state reliability
According to Sunflower officials, the Boot Hill Solar site contains 394,960 dual-sided, single-axis tracking panels and 39 inverters spread over approximately 1,000 acres of land. The project, now online, will increase reliability in the Dodge City area by offloading much of the utility’s power needs from the broader electrical grid.
“Achieving commercial operation is a major step forward for this project and for the Sunflower system,” said Corey Linville, Sunflower’s SVP and Chief Operations Officer of Generation and Power. “We appreciate the collaboration of Ford County, Victory Electric Cooperative and the many partners who helped Alluvial and Sunflower bring the Boot Hill Solar project to fruition.”
In addition to increasing the resiliency and reliability of the electric grid, 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 increased risk of power and grid outages the state has experienced in recent summers.
“This resource will serve Sunflower members for decades,” Linville adds, “increasing reliability while leveraging the economic efficiencies of solar energy generation.”
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