Riverstart Solar Park

Installed capacity of 200-megawatts

Project overview

Riverstart Solar Park is located approximately 80 miles northeast of Indianapolis in eastern Indiana. Located entirely within Randolph County, the solar park complements the area’s agricultural resources with a stable, weather resistant cash crop in the form of landowner lease payments.

Economic benefits

Riverstart Solar Park yields significantly in the form of payments to landowners, local spending, and annual community investment. Riverstart Solar Park is also compatible with other land uses and provides a stable form of income to local landowners.

$9.7+ million

Total project impact

$2.7 million

Paid to local governments

$7 million

Paid to landowners

Millions of dollars

Spent locally

Job creation

798 construction jobs and 14 permanent jobs created

Renewable energy technology

Energy security

Riverstart helps strengthen energy security for the state of Indiana and the U.S., helping diversify domestic supply.

Solar as a neighbor

Solar projects are essentially silent neighbors designed to capture light while not producing glare.

Solar panel technology

Solar panels contain no liquids or materials that would pose a risk to the environment or human health.

254 million gallons of water saved each year

Riverstart Solar Park saves more than 254 million gallons of water each year and will displace carbon emissions from fossil fuel power plants, a major contributor to climate change. Solar energy also

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