Westar and BP Alternative Energy begin construction of Flat Ridge wind farm

Westar Energy and BP Alternative Energy North America have broken ground at the Flat Ridge wind farm site, located about 60 miles southwest of Wichita, Kansas.

The Flat Ridge wind farm is a 100MW project developed by BP. Westar will own half of the wind farm and purchase, under a purchase power agreement, energy from the remaining half. Flat Ridge will utilize 40 Clipper 2.5MW C-96 wind turbine generators.

Flat Ridge is expected to go online by the end of 2008. Westar is also investing in two other wind farms, the Meridian Way wind farm in Cloud County near Concordia, Kansas, and Central Plains wind farm in Wichita County near Leoti, Kansas.

Westar and BP Alternative Energy begin construction of Flat Ridge wind farm