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The Flat Ridge Wind Farm is an electricity generating wind facility spanning the intersection of Barber, Harper and Kingman County in the U.S. state of Kansas, located about 50 miles (80 km) southwest of the city of Wichita. It was constructed in two phases and has a total generating capacity of 570.4 megawatts (MW), becoming the largest such facility in the state upon its completion in 2012.[1][2][3]
Flat Ridge 1 was jointly developed, financed, and continues to be jointly owned by BP Alternative Energy and Westar Energy. BP is also selling its share of the power generated to Westar, which is the largest electricity distributor in Kansas.[4] This initial phase consists of 40 Clipper Liberty C96 wind turbines, each rated at 2.5 MW, for a total capacity of 100 MW.[1]
Construction began in May 2008 covering about 5,000 acres of farm and ranch land in eastern Barber County. Signal Wind Energy was awarded the contract to erect the turbines and build the balance of the plant; including all access roads, turbine foundations, and the electrical collection and transmission system.[5] Flat Ridge 1 was fully online by the middle of 2009, and is operated and maintained by BP's AE Power Services.[6]
Flat Ridge 2 was initially developed by BP Alternative Energy for a capacity of 419.2 MW, and was then expanded by 51.2 MW to meet further demand.[7][8] This phase consists of 294 GE 1.6 MW wind turbines.[9] The electricity is being sold under separate power purchase agreements to utilities in Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana. BP and Sempra Energy jointly own and financed the nearly $800 million project.[2]
ブラットナー・エナジーは第2期工事の建設契約を獲得した。これは現在までに米国で単一フェーズで建設される最大規模のプロジェクトの一つであり、約500人の建設雇用と30人の長期雇用を生み出している。[ 10 ] 66,000エーカーの発電所に加えて、サマー郡 の345kV変電所まで46マイルの新しい 送電線が建設された。[ 11 ]フラットリッジ2は2012年12月にフル稼働に達し、AEパワーサービスによって運営および保守されている。[ 7 ]
(*) 操業期間の一部 (NR)は未報告