Smoky Hills Wind Farm

The Smoky Hills Wind Farm (Phase I & Phase II) is a 250 megawatt (MW) wind farm in Lincoln and Ellsworth Counties, 140 miles west of Topeka in Kansas, north of Ellsworth.

The farm is operated by Enel Green Power.

[1] Highway K-14 and Interstate 70 pass through parts of the wind farm, with clear views of many of the wind turbines.

[2] The project uses 56 Vestas V80 1.8 MW wind turbines[3] and produces enough electricity to power some 37,000 average Kansas homes annually.

[5] Phase II was completed and began commercial operation in December 2008.