A new wind energy project announced today by Gov. Sam Brownback is one of 10 now under construction in Kansas.
The Cimarron Bend project in Clark County will add another 200 wind turbines to the rural landscape in southwest Kansas. But the power produced there will be used by the tech giant Google and the Board of Public Utilities in Kansas City, Kansas.
BPU general manager Don Gray says wind power has gotten much cheaper in recent years.
“It’s going to be one of the lowest cost energy resources that we have in our generation mix" Gray says. "It makes economic sense for our community.”
Gray says by 2017 more than 40 percent of BPU’s power will be generated by wind and other renewable sources.
