Great Bend - Sunflower
Natural gas power plant · Barton County, Kansas
Nameplate capacity
82 MW
Rank in Kansas
#68
of 192 plants
In service since
1963
June 1963
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Steam Turbine
- Operator
- Sunflower Electric Power Corp
- County
- Barton County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.39%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Kansas
- #13 of 54
- EIA plant code
- 1235
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 82 MW | 100 MW | 1963 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
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| Ensign Wind LLC | Wind | 99 MW |
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| Marshall Wind Farm | Wind | 74 MW |
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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 82 MW solar plant and a 82 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