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・Largest wind farm in Kansas.
・170 turbines with generating capacity of 110 megawatts - enough electricity to power 33,000 homes.
・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.
・The Gray County Wind Farm is the largest wind project in the U.S. not mandated by a state regulatory commission as part of a utility company's energy mix (renewable portfolio standard).
Environmental
・Compared to the emissions from 110 megawatts of coal-fired generation, the Gray County Wind Farm reduces carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 600 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.
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