Gray County Wind Farm
Clean and reliable renewable credits from this large wind farm in Gray
County, Kan., are available for immediate delivery. Contact
Jeremy Morgan (816) 527-1324.
- 170 turbines with generating capacity of 110 megawatts - enough electricity to
power 33,000 homes. Aquila receives approximately 55 percent of the
energy from this facility.
- Spread over 12,000-acre site near Montezuma, with only 6 acres directly used for
tower sites and roads.
- The first turbines were activated at the wind farm in August 2001, with facility
construction completed in December 2001.
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The Gray County Wind Farm in Kansas
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Environmental
- Compared to the emissions from 110 megawatts of coal-fired generation, the Gray
County Wind Farm reduces carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 600,000 tons annually. This
is the CO2 emission absorption equivalent of having a 120-square mile forest on the
southwest Kansas plains.
- Kansas ranks third among U.S. states in wind power potential behind North Dakota
and Texas.
Operational
- Vesta 600-kilowatt turbines.
- Blade length - 77 feet; 3,300 pounds each.
- Blades begin turning at 7 mph wind speed. Average wind speed at site - 20 mph;
maximum operational wind speed - 56 mph.
- Wind turbine towers - 217 feet high.
Aquila Wind Energy Honors
- Winner of Missouri Governor's Environmental Excellence and Pollution Prevention
Award.
- Nominated by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources for EPA Green Power Leadership
Award.
- Kansas Department of Health and Environment's Pollution Prevention
Award for Excellence, 2002.
- KDHE Honorable Mention, Pollution Prevention Awards, 2004.
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