
Duke Energy Corporation recently announced that it will build a 16,000-acre wind farm in Kansas. The farm, named Cimarron II, would be the company’s second large-scale project in the state.
The North Carolina-based company aims for the 131-megawatt (MW) farm to be in operation by June 2012. Cimarron II is designed to generate enough electricity to power approximately 40,000 homes. The farm will be located in Gray County and will supply power to Kansas City Power & Light.
The project will be the second Kansas-located farm for Duke Energy as in May, the company announced plans to create a 168-MW farm in Ford County. The corporation also currently owns nine other wind farms across the country. The two additional farms in Kansas will give the company the capability to power an estimated 400,000 homes.
Elsewhere in the country, a Rhode Island energy company received an important ruling about it’s wind farm on July 1. A unanimous decision from the Rhode Island Supreme Court upheld a disputed contract between Deepwater Wind and National Grid. According to the Providence Journal, the decision means that Deepwater Wind is permitted to begin work on a 30-megawatt, offshore wind farm. The farm would be the first offshore farm in the U.S.

