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Elk
UPDS Wind Distribution Center
Transportation Partners & Logistics
BNSF Logistics
BNSF Logistics
Curtis Machine
Soldier Creek300 MW
TradeWind EnergyKK Wind Solutions
AlltiteJR Custom Metal ProductsSiemens GamesaThe Carlson CompanyWurth Service SupplyCMC Concrete Materials Co.
Mackey & Sons
Atkinson-EPSI
Black & VeatchEDP RenewablesOlsson AssociatesURS Corporation
Prysmian/DrakaSiemens GamesaSYT USA
Dayton SuperiorTerracon Consultants
DAR CorporationWetzel Engineering
Vestas Services
Fuchs Lubritech
Renewable Concepts
Mid-Kansas Machine
Butler
Ford
Reno
Ellis
Ness
Gove
Finney
Clark
Lyon
Gray
Logan
Barber
Rice
Smith
Trego
Pratt
CowleySumner
Jewell
Clay
Lane
Linn
Meade
Rooks
Scott
Marion
Rush
Barton
Rawlins
Thomas
Norton Phillips
Riley
Kearny
Cloud
Russell
Chase
Kiowa
Harper
Sherman
Saline
Wallace
Decatur
Morris
Hamilton
Graham
Osage
Marshall
Sedgwick
Morton
Osborne
Grant
Stafford
Coffey
OttawaLincoln
Allen
Cheyenne
Sheridan
Greenwood
Greeley
Miami
Kingman
Wichita
Mitchell
Pawnee
Brown
Stevens
Stanton
Dickinson
Labette
Wilson
Nemaha
Seward
Republic
Jackson
Ellsworth
McPherson
Haskell
Hodgeman
Washington
Harvey
Bourbon
Neosho
Comanche
Franklin
Edwards
WabaunseeGeary
Crawford
Pottawatomie
Cherokee
Anderson
Jefferson
Shawnee
Douglas
Woodson
Chautauqua Montgomery
Atchison
Doniphan
Johnson
Leavenworth
Wyandotte
Spearville I, II, & III250 MW
FHSU4 MW
Bloom178 MW
Ensign99 MW
Kingman200 MW
Waverly200 MW
Buckeye200 MW
Marshall74 MW
Alexander48 MW
Ironwood168 MW
Iron Star200 MW
Ninnescah200 MW
Post Rock201 MW
Greensburg12 MW
Elk River150 MW
Pratt Wind244 MW
Flat Ridge100 MW
Slate Creek150 MW
Cedar Bluff200 MW
Caney River200 MW
Smoky Hills250 MW
Gray County112 MW
Meridian Way201 MW
Solomon Forks290 MW
Diamond Vista300 MW
Prairie Queen200 MW
Buffalo Dunes250 MW
Shooting Star104 MW
Cimarron Bend400 MW
Flat Ridge II470 MW
Central Plains99 MW
Western Plains200 MW
Cimarron I & II296 MW
27 Sept 2018
Wind speed at 100 meters data layer was created by AWS Truewind using the MesoMapsystem and historical weather data.July 2008
Wind Resources of Kansas®
0 20 40 60 8010
Miles
Mean Annual Wind Speed at 100 Meters
Wind Speed at 100m (m/s)
4.0 - 5.5
5.5 - 6
6.0 - 6.5
6.5 - 7
7.0 - 7.5
7.5 - 8
8.0 - 8.5
8.5 - 9
9.0 - 9.5
9.5 - 12
Generation SitesTransmission Lines
Wind Related Businesses
Under Construction
Existing345 - KV
230 - KV
161 - KV
138 - KV
115 - KV
69 - KVInterstate Hwy
Approved/Under Construction115 KV, Approved138 KV, Approved345 KV, Approved3,500 KV, Approved
Operational
*Routes on Approved lines are subject to change
For additional information, please contact Randi Tveitaraas Jack at 785-296-7868 [email protected]
KANSAS COMMERCIAL WIND PROJECTS IN OPERATION
Wind Project (County) DEVELOPER (Owner) POWER PURCHASER SIZE (MW) YEAR
Gray County Wind Farm (Gray Co.) NextEra Energy (NextEra) KCP&L, Sunflower Elec Co-op 112.2 2001
Elk River Wind Facility (Butler Co.) Iberdrola (Avangrid Renewables) Empire District Electric 150 2005
Spearville Wind Energy Facility (Ford Co.) enXco/EDF Renewable Energy (KCP&L) Kansas City Power & Light 100.4 2005
Smoky Hills Wind Project (Lincoln/Ellsworth Co.) *Phase I (power sold by percentage)
TradeWind Energy LLC (Enel) Sunflower Electric (50%), Kansas City BPU (25%), Midwest Energy (25%) 100.8 2008
Smoky Hills Wind Project (Lincoln/Ellsworth Co.) *Phase II
TradeWind Energy LLC (Enel) Sunflower Electric (24MW), Midwest Energy (24MW) ,Independence Power & Light (15MW), City Utilities of Springfield (50MW), Mer-chant-SPP (35.5MW)
148.5 2008
Meridian Way Wind Farm (Cloud Co.) EDP Renewables (EDP Renewables/Axium) Empire District Electric (105MW), Westar Energy (96MW) 201 2008
Flat Ridge Wind Farm (Barber Co.) BP Wind Energy (BP Wind/Westar) Westar Energy 100 2009
Central Plains Wind Farm (Wichita Co.) RES America Dev. Inc./Westar (Westar) Westar Energy 99 2009
Greensburg Wind Farm (Kiowa Co.) John Deere Renewables (Exelon Wind) Kansas Power Pool/Town of Greensburg 12.5 2010
Spearville Wind Energy Facility (Ford Co.) EDF Renewable Energy (KCP&L) Kansas City Power & Light 48 2011
Caney River Wind Farm (Elk Co.) TradeWind Energy LLC (Enel GNPA, Gulf Pacific Power) Tennessee Valley Authority 199.8 2012
Post Rock Wind Farm (Lincoln/Ellsworth Co.) Hilliard/Wind Capital Group (Pattern Energy) Westar 201 2012
Ironwood Wind Farm (Ford Co.) Infinity Wind (Duke Energy, Sumitomo) Westar 167.9 2012
Cimarron I Wind Project (Gray Co.) CPV Renewable Energy (NextEra Energy) Tennessee Valley Authority 165.6 2012
Cimarron II Wind Project (Gray Co.) CPV Renewable Energy (Duke Energy, Sumitomo) Kansas City Power & Light 131.1 2012
Shooting Star Wind Project (Kiowa Co.) Clipper/Infinity Wind (ExGen Renewables Partners, John Hancock Life Insurance)
Sunflower Electric 104 2012
Flat Ridge 2 Wind Farm(Kingman, Barber, Harper, Sumner Co.)
BP Wind Energy (BP Wind/SEMPRA) Associated Electric Co-op (310MW), Swepco (109MW), Arkansas Electric Co-op (51MW) 470 2012
Spearville III (Ford Co.) EDF Renewable Energy (Blackrock/EDF/Eurus) Kansas City Power & Light 100.8 2012
Ensign Wind Project (Gray Co.) NextEra Energy (NextEra) Kansas City Power & Light/GMO 98.9 2012
Buffalo Dunes (Finney, Grant, Haskell Co.) TradeWind Energy LLC (Enel GNPA, EFS Buffalo Dunes) Alabama Power 249.75 2013
Fort Hays State University (Ellis County) Harvest the Wind Network (FHSU) Fort Hays State University 4 2013
Alexander (Rush Co.) Own Energy/EDF Renewable Energy (NJR Clean Energy Ventures) KC-BPU (25MW); Yahoo! (23MW) 48.3 2015
Buckeye (Ellis Co.) Invenergy (Invenergy) Lincoln Electric (100MW) 200 2015
Cedar Bluff (Ness/Trego) NextEra Energy (NextEra) Westar 200 2015
Slate Creek (Sumner Co.) EDF Renewable Energy (EDF/Axium) Great Plains Energy 150 2015
Waverly Wind Farm (Coffey Co.) EDP Renewables (EDP Renewables/Axium) KCP&L 199 2015
Ninnescah (Pratt Co.) NextEra Energy (NextEra) Westar 200 2016
Kingman Wind Energy Center (Kingman Co.) NextEra Energy (NextEra) Westar 200 2016
Marshall Energy (Marshall Co.) RPM Access LLC/BHE Renwables (BHE Renewables) MJMEUC (20MW), KMEA (7MW), Kansas Power Pool, Independence P&L 74 2016
Western Plains (Ford Co.) Infinity Renewables (Westar) Westar 280 2017
Cimarron Bend (Clark Co.) Tradewind Energy/Enel GPNA (Enel/GE Energy Services) BPU (200MW), Google(200MW) 400 2017
Bloom Wind Farm (Ford/Clark Co.) Capital Power (Capital Power) Allianz Risk Transfer, Resold to Microsoft 178 2017
TOTAL INSTALLED 5094.55
KANSAS COMMERCIAL WIND PROJECTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Iron Star (Ford Co.) Infinity Renewables/ENGIE MJMEUC 200
Solomon Forks (Thomas Co.) Infinity Renewables/ENGIE Target (100MW), T-Mobile (160MW), Brown-Forman Corp (30MW) 290
Pratt Wind Energy Center (Pratt Co.) NextEra Energy Great Plains Energy 244
Prairie Queen (Allen Co.) EDP Renewables Great Plains Energy 200
Diamond Vista (Marion, Dickinson Co.) TradeWind Energy/Enel Kohler (100MW), City Utilities of Springfield (100MW) Tri-County Electric Co-op (84MW) 300
Soldier Creek (Nemaha Co.) NextEra Energy (NextEra) Westar Energy Renewables Direct Tariff Customers 300
TOTAL UNDER CONSTRUCTION 1534