Eastern Kansas wind farms

Wind farm	Date	Region	County	Divide	Turbine model	Height	Turbines	Capacity
Marshall Wind Energy	2016	Glacial Hills	Marshall	Big Blue - Nemaha	Vestas	150 m	36	72 MW
Irish Creek Wind	2021	Glacial Hills	Marshall	Big Blue - Black Vermillion	GE Wind	152 m	109	302 MW
Soldier Creek Wind Energy	2020	Glacial Hills	Nemaha	Nemaha - Kansas	GE Wind	148 m	120	301 MW
Neosho Ridge	2021	Osage Cuestas	Labette	Labette - Neosho	Vestas	182 m	139	301 MW
Jayhawk	2021	Osage Cuestas	Bourbon	Missouri - Arkansas	GE Wind	177 m	70	197 MW
Prairie Queen	2019	Osage Cuestas	Allen	Missouri - Arkansas	Siemens Gamesa	180 m	59	199 MW
Waverly	2015	Osage Cuestas	Coffey	Missouri - Arkansas	Gamesa	140 m	95	199 MW
Reading Wind Facility	2020	Osage Cuestas	Lyon, Osage	Missouri - Arkansas	Siemens Gamesa	167 m	61	200 MW
Elk River	2005	Flint Hills	Butler	Arkansas - Elk	GE Wind	119 m	100	150 MW
Caney River	2011	Flint Hills	Elk	Arkansas - Elk	Vestas	125 m	111	200 MW
Subtotal 10 farms							900*	2121 MW*

* Does not include isolated, individual turbines.

Central Kansas wind farms

Wind farm	Date	Region	County	Divide	Turbine model	Height	Turbines	Capacity
Highbanks	2022	Blue Hills	Republic-Washington	Little Blue-Republican	unknown	unknown	103	unknown
Meridian Way	2008	Blue Hills	Cloud	Solomon - Republican	Vestas	125 m	67	201 MW
Diamond Vista	2018	Smoky Hills	Marion	Missouri - Arkansas	Nordex	150 m	95	299 MW
Sunflower	2022	Flint Hills	Marion	Cottonwood - Doyle	unknown	unknown	76	unknown
Smoky Hills I & II Post Rock	2008 2012	Blue Hills	Lincoln, Ellsworth	Saline - Smoky Hill	Vestas, GE Wind	130 m	289	450 MW
Pratt Wind Energy Center	2018	High Plains	Pratt	Ninnescah - Medicine Lodge	Siemens Gamesa	134 m	106	244 MW
Ninnescah	2016	High Plains	Pratt	Ninnescah - Medicine Lodge	GE Wind	131 m	121	208 MW
Flat Ridge Wind Farm Project	2009	High Plains	Barber	Chikaskia - Medicine Lodge	Clipper, Vestas	135 m	40	100 MW
Flat Ridge 2 and Expansion	2012	High Plains	Barber, Harper, Kingman	Chikaskia - Medicine Lodge	GE Wind	130 m	293	469 MW
Flat Ridge 3	2021	High Plains	Kingman	Chikaskia - Sand Creek	Vestas	152 m	62	128 MW
Kingman Wind Energy	2016	High Plains	Kingman	Ninnescah - Chikaskia	GE Wind	131 m	120	207 MW
Slate Creek	2015	Arkansas River Lowlands	Sumner	Arkansas - Chikaskia	Vestas	135 m	75	150 MW
Subtotal 15 farms							1447*	2456 MW*(1)

* Does not include isolated, individual turbines.
1. Does not include 179 turbines of unknown capacity.

Western Kansas wind farms

Wind farm	Date	Region	County	Divide	Turbine model	Height	Turbines	Capacity
Buckeye	2012	Chalk Buttes	Ellis	Saline - Big Creek	GE Wind	121 m	112	200 MW
Alexander	2015	Blue Hills	Rush	Walnut - Pawnee	Siemens	134 m	21	48 MW
Solomon Forks Project East Fork Project	2019 2020	High Plains	Thomas	Saline - Solomon	Siemens Gamesa GE Wind	148 m	177	466 MW
Central Plains	2009	High Plains	Wichita	Missouri - Arkansas	Vestas	125 m	33	99 MW
Cedar Bluff	2015	High Plains	Ness	Missouri - Arkansas	GE Wind	130 m	111	199 MW
Buffalo Dunes	2013	High Plains	Haskell	Cimarron - Arkansas	GE Wind	123 m	135	250 MW
Cimarron I & II	2012	High Plains	Gray	Arkansas - Buckner Creek	Siemens	134 m	129	297 MW
Gray County Wind Farm	2001	High Plains	Gray	Arkansas - Crooked Creek	Vestas	88 m	170	112 MW
Ensign	2012	High Plains	Gray	Arkansas - Crooked Creek	Siemens	134 m	43	99 MW
Spearville Project Spearville II & 3	2006 2012	High Plains	Ford	Arkansas - Buckner Creek	GE Wind	119 m	162	249 MW
Western Plains Ironwood I	2012 2017	High Plains	Ford	Arkansas - Buckner Creek	Siemens	134 m	195	449 MW
Iron Star Wind Project	2021	High Plains	Ford	Arkansas - Cimarron	Nordex	182.5	62	298 MW
Bloom	2017	High Plains	Ford	Arkansas - Cimarron	Vestas	150 m	54	178 MW
Cimarron Bend I, II & III projects	2016 2020	High Plains	Clark	Arkansas - Cimarron	Vestas GE Wind	152 m	274	599 MW
Shooting Star	2012	High Plains	Kiowa	Arkansas - Medicine Lodge	GE Wind	121 m	65	104 MW
Greensburg	2010	High Plains	Kiowa	Arkansas - Medicine Lodge	Suzlon	104 m	10	13 MW
Subtotal 23 farms							1753*	3660 MW*
Grand total 48 farms							4100*	8237 MW*(1)

* Does not include isolated, individual turbines.
1. Does not include 179 turbines of unknown capacity.
Total estimated wind capacity is 8.6 gigawatts (GW).

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Last update: February 2024.