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This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Kansas, sorted by type and name. In 2022, Kansas had a total summer capacity of 18,427 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 62,197 GWh. [ 2 ]
The Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) projects that if Kansas were to develop 7,158 MW of new wind by 2030 the economic impact for Kansas would total over $7.8 billion in benefit to local economies, landowners, and job creation, creating over 26,000 new jobs. [7]
Wolf Creek Generating Station is a nuclear power plant located near Burlington, Kansas. It occupies 9,818 acres (39.73 km 2 ) of the total 11,800 acres (4,800 ha) controlled by the owner. Its namesake, Wolf Creek, was dammed to create Coffey County Lake (formerly Wolf Creek Lake), and provides water for the condensers.
Why is Evergy building new natural gas power plants? Chuck Caisley, an Evergy executive, told Kansas lawmakers that the monopoly needed more generation by 2030 and wanted to build new natural gas ...
Flat Ridge 1 was jointly developed, financed, and continues to be jointly owned by BP Alternative Energy and Westar Energy.BP is also selling its share of the power generated to Westar, which is the largest electricity distributor in Kansas. [4]
Jeffrey Energy Center (Jeffrey EC) is a sub-bituminous coal-fired power plant located in Emmett Township, Pottawatomie County, seven miles (11 km) northwest of St. Marys, Kansas. Jeffrey EC is jointly owned by Westar Energy and Aquila Corp., both wholly owned subsidiaries of Evergy, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri .
Kansas saw a 5% increase in clean energy jobs in 2023, adding jobs almost six times faster than the overall Kansas economy, according to Clean Jobs Midwest’s report on 2023.. The number of ...
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]