Caney River Wind Project
Wind power plant · Elk County, Kansas
Nameplate capacity
200 MW
Rank in Kansas
#34
of 192 plants
In service since
2012
January 2012
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Caney River Wind Project
- County
- Elk County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.95%
- Rank among wind plants in Kansas
- #21 of 52
- EIA plant code
- 57858
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 200 MW | 200 MW | 2012 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Kansas
| Buckeye Wind Energy Center | Wind | 201 MW |
| Reading Wind Project | Wind | 200 MW |
| Cimarron Bend Wind Project I, LLC | Wind | 200 MW |
| Cimarron Bend Wind Project II, LLC | Wind | 200 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 200 MW solar plant and a 200 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Kansas power plants · What Kansas actually generates