Flat Ridge is a 100MW onshore wind power project. It is located in Kansas, the US. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently active. It has been developed in multiple phases. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in March 2009. Buy the profile here.

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Description

The project was developed by BP Wind Energy North America. BP Wind Energy North America and Evergy are currently owning the project.

The project supplies enough clean energy to power 30,000 households.

Development status

The project is currently active. The project got commissioned in March 2009.

Power purchase agreement

The power generated from the project is sold to Westar Energy under a power purchase agreement from 2009. The contracted capacity is 100MW.

Contractors involved

Clipper Windpower was selected as the turbine supplier for the wind power project. The project consists of 40 units of Liberty C96 turbines, each with 2.5MW nameplate capacity.

Vestas UpWind Solutions is the O&M contractor for the wind power project.

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About BP Wind Energy North America

BP Wind Energy North America Inc (BPWE), a subsidiary of BP plc, is an operator of wind power plants and projects. The company’s wind farms provide a reliable source of electricity to the customers across the US. Its wind farms generate about 2,259 Mw of power. BPWE’s Remote Operations Center is responsible for capturing turbine availability, power generation capacity, wind speed, weather and other critical factors. The company also maintains an embedded alarm system, which notifies problems such as storms or flash flood warnings. It operates wind farms at various states including Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Hawaii and Texas. BPWE is headquartered in Houston, Texas, the US.

This content was updated on 14 October 2024

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This information is drawn from GlobalData’s Power Intelligence Center, which provides detailed profiles of over 170,000 active, planned and under construction power plants worldwide from announcement through to operation across all technologies and countries worldwide.