Embrace the Power of the SUN, Pike County
Pike County Solar Project
Pike County Solar Project, LLC is pleased to introduce a proposed 100 MW solar generation facility in Pike County, Kentucky. This facility can deliver many positive benefits to the local community.
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The solar project is both an economic development opportunity for greater Pike County and a significant revenue development opportunity for the local tax jurisdictions that deliver key services to residents.
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The project will also benefit regional electricity consumers and the environment by generating clean, low-cost renewable energy and providing vital backup power that increases electric grid resilience and reduces outages.
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Benefits of Solar Energy
A solar project provides a healthy, productive economic development opportunity for local landowners to harvest a stable cash crop–the sun. Benefits include positive impacts on the local economy through tax revenues to local governments and support to other local services. Host communities typically experience economic boosts for local businesses and supply chains and opportunities for new jobs–primarily during the construction phase.
In addition to being safe and compatible with agricultural and rural residential uses, solar energy facilities exist in harmony with wildlife and the environment. They make good neighbors because they operate almost silently without producing odor or byproducts; or attracting additional traffic.
In the bigger picture, solar energy projects provide an abundant, earth-friendly, sustainable power resource to help stabilize electricity costs. These amazing systems contribute to diversifying the nation’s electricity grid.
LOCATION
Pike County Solar Project is located near Pikeville, Kentucky.
ACRES
The area within the project boundary is approximately 1,600 acres.
TRANSMISSION
The project will interconnect via the Excel to Johns Creek 18kV transmission line, part of the Kentucky Power/AEP power grid.
Project News and Events
COMPLETED: Public Information Meeting
January 10, 2024, from 4-6 p.m.
John's Creek Elementary School
(8302 Meta Hwy, Meta, KY 41501)
