Smoky Hills Wind Farm Explained

The Smoky Hills Wind Farm (Phase I & Phase II) is a 250 megawatt (MW) wind farm in Lincoln and Ellsworth Counties, 140 miles west of Topeka in Kansas, north of Ellsworth. The farm is operated by Enel Green Power.[1] Highway K-14 and Interstate 70 pass through parts of the wind farm, with clear views of many of the wind turbines.[2] The project uses 56 Vestas V80 1.8 MW wind turbines and produces enough electricity to power some 37,000 average Kansas homes annually.[3], phase II is under construction with 99 GE 1.5 MW wind turbines for an additional 148.5 MW,[4] to bring the total nameplate capacity to 249.3 MW.[5] Phase II was completed and began commercial operation in December 2008.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wind: the 155 wind turbines at Smoky Hills . . 2010-11-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101215021621/http://www.enelgreenpower.com/en-GB/plants/projects/smoky_hills/ . 2010-12-15 .
  2. Web site: Energy farms are increasingly dotting Kansas' landscape . Tim . Carpenter . . 2007-08-07 . 2009-01-02.
  3. Web site: Smoky Hills I Wind Farm Open . Renewable Energy World . 2008-02-27 . 2009-01-01.
  4. Web site: U.S. Wind Energy Projects - Kansas . . 2008-11-19 . 2009-01-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081118074931/https://www.awea.org/projects/Projects.aspx?s=Kansas . November 18, 2008 .
  5. Web site: Enel Completes Smoky Hills Wind Project in Kansas . RedOrbit . 2008-02-27 . 2009-01-01.
  6. Web site: TradeWind Energy: Smoky Hills Wind Project Phase II . TradeWind Energy . n.d. . 2013-11-09.

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