EDF Renewable Energy has entered into a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Great Plains Energy – parent company of midwestern utilities Kansas City Power & Light and KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations – for the 150 MW Slate Creek Wind Project, located in Kansas.
According to EDF, Slate Creek will consist of 75 Vestas 2 MW wind turbines. The project is located on 17,000 acres in Sumner County, about 50 miles south of Wichita. Construction is expected to commence later this year with commercial operation anticipated by the end of 2015.
