Nameplate capacity
88 MW
Rank in Kansas
#67
of 192 plants
In service since
1974
August 1974
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Sunflower Electric Power Corp
- County
- Washington County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.41%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Kansas
- #12 of 54
- EIA plant code
- 8037
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 85 MW | 76 MW | 1974 | Operating |
| 2 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.5 MW | 2.5 MW | 1974 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
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
| Central Plains Wind Farm | Wind | 99 MW |
| Ensign Wind LLC | Wind | 99 MW |
| Great Bend - Sunflower | Natural gas | 82 MW |
| Marshall Wind Farm | Wind | 74 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 88 MW solar plant and a 88 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