📋 Tender Overview
Scope : To Build 27-megawatt Utility-Scale Solar Complex in the Corpus Christi, TX in United States
Flint Hills Resources will build second company-owned solar installation to help power its U.S. refinery operations. The new solar installation will supply electricity to the Corpus Christi West refinery, which produces jet fuel, ultra-low sulfur diesel, gasoline, and chemical-building blocks for numerous everyday products.
The project is expected to be the second-largest utility-scale solar complex in the Corpus Christi area and the first in Texas to provide onsite, self-generated electricity directly to an oil refinery. Upon completion, the 27-megawatt installation will feature approximately 56,700 panels and is projected to reduce annual energy costs, enhance energy efficiency, and lower grid emissions. The project will be situated on roughly 100 acres of the company’s property within the west refinery complex off Interstate Highway 37 in Corpus Christi, TX.
The facility’s solar energy production will generate enough electricity to power more than 5,100 homes annually, with a peak capacity covering approximately 28% of the refinery’s power needs. The estimated cost of the project is $53 million.
