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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 ]
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.
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.
Coal plants have been closing at a fast rate since 2010 (290 plants closed from 2010 to May 2019; this was 40% of the US's coal generating capacity) due to competition from other generating sources, primarily cheaper and cleaner natural gas (a result of the fracking boom), which has replaced so many coal plants that natural gas now accounts for ...
The news comes after Kansas lawmakers passed two new laws designed to benefit Evergy's investment in natural gas power plants. That followed testimony from Evergy officials that more power ...
After Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly (center) announced plans to build a $4 billion Panasonic EV battery plant near De Soto,Tim Cowden (from left), president and CEO of KCADC; Kris Takamoto, executive ...
Map of all utility-scale power plants. This article lists the largest electricity generating stations in the United States in terms of installed electrical capacity. Non-renewable power stations are those that run on coal, fuel oils, nuclear, natural gas, oil shale, and peat, while renewable power stations run on fuel sources such as biomass, geothermal heat, hydro, solar energy, solar heat ...
On Thursday the Kansas Corporation Commission approved the siting of two 345 kilowatt transmission lines running across Ford, Meade and Gray counties near Dodge City connecting solar and wind ...