Project overview
Flatrock Creek Solar Park would be located approximately 10 miles southeast of Fort Wayne, Indiana. The solar park would compliment the area’s agriculture and it would bring millions of dollars of capital investment to southern Allen County. Flatrock Creek Solar Park would also generate millions of dollars in payments to local governments throughout the life of the project, benefiting schools, health and fire departments, and the township and county. Additionally, Flatrock Creek would contribute to meeting Indiana’s energy demands.
Energy output
Flatrock Creek Solar Park would have an installed capacity of 100 megawatts (MWac). Flatrock Creek's generation is equivalent to the consumption of more than 19,000 Indiana homes.
Benefits
Community
Flatrock Creek Solar Park yields significant economic benefits to the community in the form of payments to landowners, local spending, and annual community investment.
Flatrock Creek represents a capital investment of $200 million and it would disperse millions in direct payments to local governments and school districts over the life of the project. The project would also create approximately 400 construction jobs, as well as nine permanent jobs. Through the project’s lifecycle, millions of dollars would be spent locally within 50 miles of the solar park.
Landowners
Flatrock Creek Solar Park would be compatible with agriculture land uses and would provide a stable form of income to local landowners. Millions would be paid to the solar park’s landowners through the life of the project.
Flatrock Creek would also provide environmental benefits to the agricultural land where our solar panels would reside. Solar panels would help to protect the land underneath by allowing the soil recover and rest.
Environment
Flatrock Creek Solar Park would save more than 127 million gallons of water each year and displaces carbon emissions from fossil fuel power plants, a major contributor to climate change. Solar energy also enhances air quality by helping to mitigate the health effects of harmful air pollutants.
Flatrock Creek would contribute to the national energy security for the state of Indiana and the United States, helping diversify domestic supply.
Technology
Solar panels
Flatrock Creek Solar Park would consist of around 750 acres of fenced-in bifacial tracking photovoltaic panels. Photovoltaic solar cells have no moving parts and convert sunlight directly into electricity via the photoelectric effect. This direct-current electricity is then collected, transformed into alternating-current, and finally enters the electrical grid through a substation after being converted to the proper voltage.
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