Western Plains Wind
Wind power plant · Gove County, Kansas
Nameplate capacity
2.7 MW
Rank in Kansas
#152
of 192 plants
In service since
2021
October 2021
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Western Plains Wind, LLC
- County
- Gove County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among wind plants in Kansas
- #52 of 52
- EIA plant code
- 65484
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WPW1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 2.7 MW | 2.7 MW | 2021 | 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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| Riley III - Site 6 Community Solar | Solar | 2.1 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 2.7 MW solar plant and a 2.7 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