Gray County

When built in 2001, FPL Energy's Gray County Wind Farm was the largest wind farm in Kansas. It has 170 turbines and is capable of producing 112 megawatts of power. The energy produced by the Gray County Wind Farm is equivalent to the energy consumed by 33,000 homes. Although the towers are spread over 12,000 acres, only 6 acres are directly used for tower sites and roads, and the balance is still used as farmland. Sunflower Electric purchases 51 MW of the project output when at full load.

This site was selected because the average wind speed is approximately 20 miles per hour, and the turbines produce power when the wind speed is between 10 and 56 miles per hour. The individual turbine towers are 217 feet high, with 77 foot long blades.

The Gray County Wind Farm is located on US Highway 56 near Montezuma, Kansas, about 25 miles west of Dodge City.