British energy giant BP has announced plans to invest $800 million in a new onshore wind farm, set to be built in Kansas within the next three months.
The company, best known for the oil spill off the Gulf of Mexico, made the announcement early this week, according to Business Green. The wind farm will utilize 262 1.6MW turbines provided by GE, and Associated Electric Cooperative has already agreed to a long term deal that will see the company purchase 314MW of energy produced at the farm.
The Kansas wind farm, dubbed the Flat Ridge Two project, will be BP's dozenth wind farm in the United States, all of which have an energy capacity of 314MW. Four more are either in the planning stages or already under construction.
According to BP's website, the energy company has focused on building US wind farms "because the desired physical climate and public policy favor wind technology." The company has also partnered with Clipper Windpower to build the Titan Wind Project in South Dakota, which would be the largest wind farm in the world.
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