Wind power in Missouri

Wind power in Missouri has an installed capacity of 959 MW from 499 turbines, as of 2016.[1] This provided 1.29% of the state's electricity production.[2]

Missouri 80-Meter Wind Resource Map

Missouri's total wind generation potential is estimated to be 340 GW.[1]

Installed capacity

As of 2016, Missouri had 959 MW of installed capacity, all installed in the north-west corner of the state.[1] At least six wind farms were developed by Wind Capital Group between 2006 and 2009. As of 2017, the largest wind farm in the state came online, the 300 MW Rock Creek Wind Farm in Atchison County.[3]

Northwest Missouri is considered the windiest portion of the state and clips the windiest portion of the country which is known as Tornado Alley.

Missouri Wind Generation (GWh, Million kWh)
Year Total Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
200820311713191716171219301230
2009499262634594123233729707457
201092545407675926757678710413679
20111,179931061081431129958486910613998
20121,245135112135111116103666264115116110
20131,1651201201181111029258517910112291
20141,13014183127126887962486010113778
20151,034111879297796141478686130117
20161,122981181191326965605283100108118
20172,0311411701871811611419980136192264279
20182,836296234305280190244128195223230243268
20192,857244215286288223193189146263279245286
20203,345242250260263261285168204286338378410
20216,608495416729636548382278466542580708828
20227,468775766813729576480375356469568795766
20232,206664720822
Source:[5]
ProjectCountyCityTurbinesNominal Power (MW)CommissionedNotes
Bluegrass Ridge GentryKing City2756.72008[6] Developed by Wind Capital Group (now owned by Exelon). Wind Capital's founder is Tom Carnahan, son of Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan and U.S. Senator Jean Carnahan
Clear Creek NodawayMaryville1112422020[7] Developed by Tenaska with lease by Associated Electric Cooperative in Springfield to provide power for rural electric cooperatives in Missouri, Iowa and Oklahoma.[7][8]
Conception NodawayConception2450.42008[9] Developed by Wind Capital Group (now owned by Exelon)
Cow Branch AtchisonRockport2450.42008[10] Developed by Wind Capital Group (now owned by Exelon)
Farmers City AtchisonWestboro73146.02009[11] Owned by and developed by Iberdrola Renovables.
Loess Hills AtchisonRockport45.02008First city in US to get its total power from wind.[12] Developed by Wind Capital Group (now owned by Exelon)
Lost Creek Ridge DeKalbUnion Star100150.02011[13] Developed by Wind Capital Group and later sold to Pattern Energy.
Osborn DekalbOsborn88176.02016[14] Developed and owned by NextEra Energy.
Rock Creek AtchisonYork150300.02017Largest in Missouri and cost $500 Million[15] Owned and developed by Enel Green Power (after acquisition in 2019 of Kansas-based Tradewind Energy).[16]
White Cloud NodawayMaryville89236.52020Owned and developed by Enel Green Power. 11 Vestas and 78 Siemens Gamesa turbines.[17] Cost was $380 million.[18]

Transmission capacity

There have been several attempts at getting regulatory approval of transmission lines to carry wind power, either to the load centers of Missouri, or through Missouri, from major wind power producers in the Great Plains states to load centers further east.

Completed

Proposed

Planned growth

In October 2017, the Empire District Electric Company proposed installing 500 MW of wind turbines in Jasper, Barton, Dade, and Lawrence counties.[27][28][29]

In May 2018, Ameren has announced plans to construct a 175 turbine, 400 MW wind farm in Adair and Schuyler counties.[30] Construction is expected to being in 2019, with the project coming online in 2020.

In February 2019, E.ON announced plans for a 150 MW wind farm northwest of Columbia, Missouri in rural Boone County.[31]

See also

References
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  2. "Wind Energy in Missouri". WINDExchange. Department of Energy. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
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  17. "White Cloud wind farm now operational".
  18. "Enel begins operations of two American wind farms with 435MW capacity".
  19. "Midwest Transmission Project". www.midwesttransmissionproject.com.
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  21. Bates, Michael (6 January 2020). "Ameren Energizes the Mark Twain Transmission Project". North American Wind Power. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  22. Taylor, Jason (4 April 2018). "Missouri Supreme Court hears case on future of massive wind energy transmission line". Missourinet. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  23. Lieb, David (3 April 2018). "Ex-Missouri Governor Urges Court to Allow Wind-Energy Line". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  24. Eckhouse, Brian (16 August 2017). "Missouri Nixes $2.5 Billion Line to Bring Wind Power to the Midwest". Bloomberg. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
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  29. McNary, James (8 November 2017). "Empire District hopes answer is blowing in the wind". Lawrence County Record. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  30. Chen, Eli (21 May 2018). "Ameren plans to build a large network of wind turbines in northeast Missouri". St Louis Public Radio. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
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