# Hillcrest Solar

PJM asset profile · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/hillcrest-solar

Hillcrest Solar I, LLC - Brown County - PJM

Hillcrest Solar is a 200 MW utility-scale solar photovoltaic facility located in Brown County, Ohio. The facility consists of 606,480 First Solar Series 6 thin-film photovoltaic panels installed on single-axis trackers across approximately 1,500 to 2,100 acres. The facility is connected to Duke Energy's 138 kV transmission grid through PJM interconnection service agreements. All generated electric output and environmental attributes are sold under a long-term corporate power purchase agreement. The project is expected to produce a gross estimated long-term average of 413.3 GWh of energy per year.

## Metrics

- **Nameplate capacity:** 200 MW — Canonical EIA plant baseline.
- **Registry anchor:** Plant 62200 — plant-62200

## Facts

- **Technology:** Solar Photovoltaic
- **Operator:** Hillcrest Solar I, LLC

## Related parties

- **Owner / developer / parent company / investor:** Innergex Renewable Energy Inc. — Project sponsor and long-term owner/operator ([source](https://www.innergex.com))
- **Former owner / developer:** Open Road Renewables, LLC — Initial developer ([source](http://openroadrenewables.com))
- **Former owner / developer:** Eolian — Initial developer (alternate identification in later source)
- **Former owner / developer:** MAP Renewable Energy, LLC — Initial developer (identified in 2018 announcement)
- **Tax equity investor:** Wells Fargo Renewable Energy & Environmental Finance — Tax-equity investor
- **Lender / lead arranger:** CIT Group — Term-loan lender group lead
- **Equipment supplier:** First Solar — Photovoltaic module manufacturer ([source](https://www.firstsolar.com/en/Products/Series-6))
- **Transmission owner / interconnecting utility:** Duke Energy — Interconnecting utility and transmission owner ([source](http://duke-energy.com/our-company/about-us))
- **Regulator:** Ohio Power Siting Board — Permitting authority ([source](https://opsb.ohio.gov/cases/17-1152-el-bgn))

## Sources

- [files.innergex.com](http://files.innergex.com/files/documents/2019/02/INE_HILLCREST_ANNOUNCE_EN.pdf) — files.innergex.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [mbrweb.ferc.gov](http://mbrweb.ferc.gov/SearchlkpEIA/Index?page=526) — mbrweb.ferc.gov · authoritative — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [opsb.ohio.gov](https://opsb.ohio.gov/cases/17-1152-el-bgn) — opsb.ohio.gov · authoritative — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [cima.ca](https://www.cima.ca/en/project/hillcrest-solar-farm) — cima.ca · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [firstsolar.com](https://www.firstsolar.com/en/Products/Series-6) — firstsolar.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [innergex.com](https://www.innergex.com/en/media/amazon-solar-farm-ohio-hillcrest-in-ohio-usa) — innergex.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.

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