The Smoky Hills Wind Farm (Phase I & Phase II) is a 250
megawatt
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(MW)
wind farm
A wind farm, also called a wind park or wind power plant, is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electricity. Wind farms vary in size from a small number of turbines to several hundred wind turbines covering an exten ...
in
Lincoln and
Ellsworth Counties, 140 miles west of Topeka in
Kansas
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, north of
Ellsworth. The farm is operated by
Enel Green Power. Highway
K-14 and
Interstate 70
Interstate 70 (I-70) is a major east–west Interstate Highway in the United States that runs from Interstate 15, I-15 near Cove Fort, Utah, to Interstate 695 (Maryland), I-695 and Maryland Route 570 (MD 570) in Woodlawn, Baltimo ...
pass through parts of the wind farm, with clear views of many of the
wind turbine
A wind turbine is a device that wind power, converts the kinetic energy of wind into electrical energy. , hundreds of thousands of list of most powerful wind turbines, large turbines, in installations known as wind farms, were generating over ...
s.
The project uses 56
Vestas
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V80 1.8 MW wind turbines
and produces enough electricity to power some 37,000 average Kansas homes annually.
, phase II is under construction with 99
GE 1.5 MW wind turbines for an additional 148.5 MW,
to bring the total
nameplate capacity
Nameplate capacity, also known as the rated capacity, nominal capacity, installed capacity, maximum effect or gross capacity,Interstate 70
Interstate 70 (I-70) is a major east–west Interstate Highway in the United States that runs from Interstate 15, I-15 near Cove Fort, Utah, to Interstate 695 (Maryland), I-695 and Maryland Route 570 (MD 570) in Woodlawn, Baltimo ...
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See also
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Elk River Wind Project
References
External links
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Buildings and structures in Ellsworth County, Kansas
Energy infrastructure completed in 2009
Buildings and structures in Lincoln County, Kansas
Wind farms in Kansas
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