Wind and Solar Leasing in Henry County, Indiana

Bellflower Solar: 173 megawatts, already operating since 2023

The Bellflower solar farm, developed by Lightsource bp, is a 173-megawatt project sited across Rush and Henry Counties roughly 40 miles east of Indianapolis. It entered full commercial operation in early 2023, and the developer's own project materials describe about 800 acres planted with native, pollinator-friendly species alongside a separate 10-acre dedicated pollinator garden with more than 60 types of flowering plants -- a landscaping approach increasingly common on large Indiana solar sites as a way to soften the visual and ecological footprint of a project this size.

Greensboro Solar: a newer, larger project still under development

The Greensboro Solar Center, near the unincorporated community of Greensboro in Henry County, is being developed, built, and operated by a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources, LLC. As filed with the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, the project is designed for 100 megawatts of solar generation paired with 30 megawatts of battery storage across roughly 700 acres and an estimated 329,500 solar panels, with power sold under a purchase agreement to NIPSCO (Northern Indiana Public Service Company). Local reporting from The Courier-Times of New Castle put the project's expected county revenue at approximately $23.5 million, with 150 to 200 construction jobs during the build. Subject to remaining local and state approvals, the project's developer has targeted commercial operation as early as July 2027.

That timeline means Greensboro Solar was, as of this research pass, still in a pre-operational phase -- worth noting if you're evaluating land near the project site, since construction activity, access roads, and interconnection infrastructure may still be in progress rather than finished.

What this means if you own or are buying land near either project

If you own Henry County farmland and have been approached about a solar lease, the going scale in this county is clearly utility-size -- both confirmed projects run into the hundreds of acres and tens of millions of dollars in projected local revenue, not a small rooftop or community-solar arrangement. Before signing anything, have an attorney review the lease term length, the per-acre payment structure and escalation clauses, decommissioning and land-restoration obligations at the end of the lease, and how the agreement handles a change in project ownership, since a subsidiary-of-a-subsidiary developer structure like NextEra's is common in this industry and your actual counterparty on paper may not be the parent company's name on the press release.

If you're buying land near, but not part of, either project, ask the seller and the county directly whether the parcel is within either project's footprint, easement corridor, or required setback, since a solar project's buffer and access-road requirements can affect land just outside the leased boundary even though that land itself isn't under lease.