Wind power in Missouri

Missouri 80-Meter Wind Resource Map

Wind power in Missouri has an install capacity of 959 MW from 499 turbines, as of 2016.[1] This provided 1.29% of the state's electricity production.[2] Missouri's total wind generation potential 340 GW.[1]

Installed Capacity

As of 2016, Missouri had 959 MW of installed capacity, primarily 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]

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.

  • The Mark Twain Transmission Project was proposed by Ameren to connect Palmyra, Kirksville and Iowa.[4] Approval was given for construction by each of the counties the transmission lines passed through, with construction expected to be completed by December 2019.

Planned Growth

In October 2017, the Empire District Electric Company proposed installing 500 MW of wind turbines in Jasper, Barton, Dade, and Lawrence counties.[10][11][12]

In May 2018, Ameren has announced plans to construct a 175 turbine, 400 MW wind farm in Adair and Schuyler counties.[13] Construction is expected to being in 2019, with the project coming online in 2020.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Wind Energy in Missouri" (PDF). AWEA. American Wind Energy Association. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Wind Energy in Missouri". WINDExchange. Department of Energy. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  3. ↑ Dornbrook, James (15 November 2017). "Now online: Giant Missouri wind farm that can power 100,000 homes, supplies KC". Kansas City Business Journal. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  4. ↑ Szatala, Ashley (21 May 2018). "Ameren plans state's largest wind farm in Northeast Missouri". Herald-Whig. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  5. ↑ Taylor, Jason (4 April 2018). "Missouri Supreme Court hears case on future of massive wind energy transmission line". Missourinet. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  6. 1 2 Lieb, David (3 April 2018). "Ex-Missouri Governor Urges Court to Allow Wind-Energy Line". US News & World Report. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  7. ↑ Eckhouse, Brian (16 August 2017). "Missouri Nixes $2.5 Billion Line to Bring Wind Power to the Midwest". Bloomberg. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  8. ↑ Lieb, David (16 August 2017). "Missouri regulators reject massive Midwest wind power line". Seattle Times. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  9. ↑ Walton, Robert (28 February 2018). "Grain Belt Express transmission project heads to Missouri Supreme Court". Utility Dive. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  10. ↑ Larimore, Jordan (31 October 2017). "UPDATED: Empire plans pivot to wind energy generation". Joplin Globe. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  11. ↑ Froese, Michelle (1 November 2017). "Empire District Electric proposes 800 MW of new wind power". Wind Power Engineering & Development. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  12. ↑ McNary, James (8 November 2017). "Empire District hopes answer is blowing in the wind". Lawrence County Record. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  13. ↑ 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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