Bowling Green Solar Facility

Bowling Green Solar Facility 

The Bowling Green Solar Facility, one of the largest solar installations in the state of Ohio, is a 20- MW installation located in Bowling Green and is part of the AMP Solar Phase II Project. 

NextEra Energy and their EPC contractor, Blattner Energy, began construction in July 2016 and achieved mechanical completion in December 2016. The site achieved commercial operation in January 2017. 

The Bowling Green Solar Facility consists of 85,680 modules, twenty 1-MW inverters, ten 34.5-kilovolt (kV) transformers and spans 165.09 acres. The site also uses a tracker system that aids in maximizing production. A substation was also built on site that steps the voltage up from 34.5 kV to 69 kV.

Facility Facts

2017
Facility Went Online
The site produced its first megawatt-hours of sunshine-driven power in January
85,680 Solar Panels
The total number of solar modules installed at the site
175 Acres
The Bowling Green facility is one of the largest solar installations in Ohio

* Note that AMP, on behalf of its Members, sells all or a portion of the renewable energy certificates created by its renewable energy projects, power purchase agreements and joint ventures to help reduce its wholesale power costs.