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V80 1.8 MW wind turbines and produces enough electricity to power some 37,000 average Kansas homes annually. As of 19 November 2008, phase II is under construction with 99
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to 249.3 MW. Phase II was completed and began commercial operation in December 2008.
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pass through parts of the wind farm, with clear views of many of the
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The Smoky Hills Wind Farm as seen from Interstate 70
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wind farm
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Ellsworth Counties
Kansas
Ellsworth
Enel Green Power
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wind turbines
Vestas
GE 1.5 MW wind turbines
nameplate capacity
Interstate 70


Kansas portal
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Weather portal
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Renewable energy portal
Elk River Wind Project
"Wind: the 155 wind turbines at Smoky Hills"
Enel Green Power
the original
"Energy farms are increasingly dotting Kansas' landscape"
The Topeka Capital-Journal

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