Buckeye Wind Energy Center

OperatingWind

Ranked #19 of 53 Wind plants in KS#295 of 1442 nationally

200.5 MW Wind operating in Ellis, KS — Southwest Power Pool

EIAGEMWD

200.5 MW

Nameplate Capacity

Generators

unit

Onshore Wind Turbine

Technology

2015

Operating Since

Location

Coordinates

38.9962, -99.4501

County

Ellis, KS

Nearby Plants

Goodman Energy Center
Natural Gas103.5 MW · 10.5 km
Fort Hays State University Wind Farm
Wind4 MW · 14.0 km

Ownership & Operator

Owner data does not fully agree across sources.

EIA typically reports the operating utility, while GEM resolves to the financial owner or parent corporation. Both can be correct.

Field	EIA	GEM	Wikidata
Operator	Invenergy Services LLC	Invenergy	—
Owner(s)	Invenergy Services LLC	Invenergy LLC [100%]	—
Status	Operating	operating	—

Ownership Chain

About

Buckeye Wind Energy Center is a 200.5 MW wind power plant located in Ellis County, Kansas. The facility began operating in 2015 and is owned and operated by Invenergy Services LLC. It utilizes a single generator consisting of onshore wind turbines. The plant is connected to the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) balancing authority and resides within the Midwest Reliability Organization (MRO) NERC region.

The wind farm's turbines have a hub height of 80 meters and a rotor diameter of 100 meters. The turbines were manufactured by GE Wind, model GE1.79-100. In its most recent year of operation, Buckeye Wind Energy Center generated 561,167 MWh of electricity, achieving a capacity factor of 32.1%. The plant ranks as the 19th largest wind farm in Kansas out of 44, and 290th nationally out of 734 wind plants.

Generated from EIA, GEM, and public data sources

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Engineering & Generators