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	164	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	134 m	62	197 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							926*	2118 MW*

Central Kansas wind farms

Wind farm	Date	Region	County	Divide	Turbine model	Height	Turbines	Capacity
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
Smoky Hills I & II Post Rock	2008 2012	Blue Hills	Lincoln, Ellsworth	Saline - Smoky Hill	Vestas, GE Wind	130 m	289	457 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	2009	High Plains	Barber	Chikaskia - Medicine Lodge	Clipper, Vestas	135 m	40	91 MW
Flat Ridge 2	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 12 farms							1268*	2454 MW*

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 East Fork	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, Spearville II & 3 Western Plains, Ironwood I	2006-12 2012-17	High Plains	Ford	Arkansas - Buckner Creek	GE Wind Siemens	134 m	357	698 MW
Iron Star Wind Project	2021	High Plains	Ford	Arkansas - Cimarron	–	–	62	298 MW
Bloom, Cimarron Bend I, II & III	2016 2020	High Plains	Ford, Clark	Arkansas - Cimarron	Vestas	150 m	328	773 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*	3656 MW*
Grand total 45 farms							3947*	8228 MW*

* Does not include isolated, individual turbines.

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Last update: October 2022.