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Orsted Plans Wind Farm in Kansas
Ørsted’s board of directors has taken a final investment decision (FID) on the Sunflower Wind development in Kansas. The 201 MW wind farm will...
Jayhawk Wind Farm in Kansas Commences Commercial Operations
WEC Energy Group’s 190 MW Jayhawk Wind Farm in Bourbon and Crawford counties, Kansas, has achieved commercial operation.
The facility is generating energy that is...
Spirit AeroSystems Powers Kansas Aircraft Factory
Spirit AeroSystems says Kansas public utility regulators cleared a path for the company's complete conversion to renewable wind-generated electricity for its 12.8 million square-foot...
Textron Factories to Utilize Kansas Wind Energy
Textron Aviation Inc., a general aviation company, has signed a multi-year agreement with Evergy Inc. to meet nearly all of its electricity needs at...
Farmers Turn to Turbines During Tough Times
Farming and hard work are often synonymous. In a profession that depends upon nature for its production and livelihood, the results can be plentiful...
Kansas Regulators Deny Petition For Reconsideration Of Westar, Great Plains Merger
The Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) has denied the petition for reconsideration filed jointly by Great Plains Energy Inc. and Westar Energy Inc. regarding the...
Westar’s Western Plains Wind Farm Comes To Life In Kansas
Thanks to the completion of its Western Plains wind farm, Topeka, Kan.-based Westar Energy Inc. is now meeting more than half of the annual...
400 MW Of Wind Powered Up In Kansas’ Central Plains
The Kingman and Ninnescah Wind Energy Centers, totaling 400 MW, have begun producing power in Kansas’ central plains, electric utility Westar Energy has announced.
Westar...
Governors’ Wind & Solar Energy Coalition Names 2017 Leaders
The Governors’ Wind & Solar Energy Coalition has appointed Gov. Gina Raimondo, D-R.I., and Gov. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., the group’s chair and vice chair,...
EDF, Axium Ownership Deal Closes On Kansas Wind Farm
EDF Renewable Energy (EDF RE) and a consortium led by Axium Infrastructure, an independent portfolio management firm, have closed an agreement in which Axium...
Enel Lands $500 Million For 400 MW Cimarron Bend Wind Farm
Enel Green Power North America Inc. (EGPNA), acting through its subsidiary Cimarron Bend Wind Holdings LLC, has signed a tax equity agreement worth approximately...
American Wind Action Kicks Off Kansas Campaign
American Wind Action (AWA), an independent and bipartisan group, has planned a highly targeted, six-figure broadcast and cable TV buy - in addition to...
Kingman Wind Energy Center Kicks Off Construction
Local dignitaries, including Gov. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., celebrated the kick-off to construction for the 200 MW Kingman Wind Energy Center, located west of Wichita,...
Serious Injuries Sustained At Ninnescah Wind Farm; OSHA Opens Inquiry
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has opened an inquiry after two construction workers recently sustained injuries in separate incidents at the same site in less than a week.
Axium Infrastructure Buys Into Yet Another EDF Wind Project
A consortium led by Axium Infrastructure has executed a purchase and sale agreement to acquire a 50% ownership interest in EDF Renewable Energy's (EDF)...
Kansas Utility Offers Green Bonds To Support Western Plains Wind Farm
Kansas-based electric utility Westar Energy is offering investors $350 million in green bonds, which will be used to invest in wind energy projects –...
Enel’s 400 MW Kansas Wind Project Now Under Construction
Enel Green Power North America Inc. (EGPNA), a subsidiary of Enel SpA, has started construction of the 400 MW Cimarron Bend wind farm, located...
Landowners Reap $222 Million Windfall From U.S. Wind Industry
The U.S. wind industry is paying $222 million a year to farming families and other rural landowners, according to new data released by the...