KS Wind Farms
KS state has a number of wind farms. With the exception of a few states, only wind farms 200MW and greater are listed. There are a ton of smaller capacity wind farms as well.
Wind drive large turbines that power an generator in the nacelle, which produces electricity. Often the electricity is stored in large battery storage banks (like Tesla Megapacks), which is tied to the grid.
WIND FARM | MW | TURBINES | LOCATION |
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Prairie Queen | 199 | 59 | Allen County |
Flat Ridge Wind Farm | 100 | 40 | Barber County |
Jayhawk | 197 | 70 | Bourbon County |
Elk River | 150 | 100 | Butler County |
Cimarron Bend II | 200 | 100 | Clark County |
Cimarron Bend III | 199 | 74 | Clark County |
Meridian Way | 105 | 35 | Cloud County |
Waverly | 199 | 95 | Coffey County |
Caney River | 200 | 111 | Elk County |
Buckeye | 200 | 112 | Ellis County |
Post Rock | 201 | 134 | Ellsworth County |
Bloom | 178 | 54 | Ford County |
Iron Star | 298 | 62 | Ford County |
Ironwood I | 168 | 73 | Ford County |
Spearville | 101 | 67 | Ford County |
Spearville 3 | 101 | 63 | Ford County |
Western Plains | 281 | 122 | Ford County |
Cimarron I | 166 | 72 | Gray County |
Cimarron II | 131 | 57 | Gray County |
Ensign | 99 | 43 | Gray County |
Gray County Wind Farm | 112 | 170 | Gray County |
Flat Ridge 2 | 470 | 294 | Harper County |
Buffalo Dunes | 250 | 135 | Haskell County |
Flat Ridge 3 | 128 | 62 | Kingman County |
Kingman Wind | 207 | 120 | Kingman County |
Shooting Star | 104 | 65 | Kiowa County |
Smoky Hills | 112 | 56 | Lincoln County |
Smoky Hills II | 149 | 99 | Lincoln County |
Reading Wind | 200 | 62 | Lyon County |
Diamond Vista | 299 | 95 | Marion County |
Irish Creek Wind | 302 | 109 | Marshall County |
Soldier Creek Wind | 301 | 120 | Nemaha County |
Neosho Ridge | 301 | 139 | Neosho County |
Cedar Bluff | 199 | 111 | Ness County |
Ninnescah | 208 | 121 | Pratt County |
Pratt Wind | 244 | 106 | Pratt County |
Slate Creek | 150 | 75 | Sumner County |
East Fork | 196 | 72 | Thomas County |
Solomon Forks | 276 | 105 | Thomas County |
Central Plains | 99 | 33 | Wichita County |