Partridge Creek Solar, LLC via Sun Tribe Development has provided the Department of Environmental Quality a notice of intent to submit the necessary documentation for a permit by rule (PBR) for a small renewable energy project (solar) in Amherst County, pursuant to Virginia Regulation 9VAC15-60. The proposed Partridge Creek Solar Project will be located on one 141 acre parcel with a project area estimated at 90 acres.

The parcel is accessible by Izaak Walton Road and lies east of North Coolwell Road, west of U.S. Route 29, and is intersected by Partridge Creek. The project centroid latitude and longitude coordinates are as follows: 37.512041, -79.072216. The proposed project has a rated capacity of 10 megawatts alternating current (MWAC) and will contain approximately 33,780 photovoltaic solar panels