Wind turbines south of Nashville, Kan. The new wind farm is one of the latest to come online. The Flatridge Wind Project is owned in part by BP and Westar.
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Wind turbines south of Nashville, Kan. The new wind farm is one of the latest to come online. The Flatridge Wind Project is owned in part by BP and Westar.
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Wind turbines south of Nashville, Ks. The new wind farm is one of the latest to come online. The Flatridge Wind Project is owned in part by BP and Westar.
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Greg Sattler, construction project manager for BP Alternative Energy, describes how the 300-foot-tall wind turbines at Flatridge work.
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Allen Simmons, wind site manager for Westar, describes how the giant blades of the wind turbines at Flatridge adjust themselves to take advantage of the wind.
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The wind turbines tower 300 feet over workmen and their truck at the Flatridge wind farm near Nashville, Kan.
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The old and new in wind power: An old windmill used to pump water and a new wind turbine share the same hillside near Nashville, Kan.
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The old and new in wind power: An old windmill used to pump water and a new wind turbine share the same hillside near Nashville, Kan.
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Wind turbines south of Nashville, Kan. The new wind farm is one of the latest to come online. The Flatridge Wind Project is owned in part by BP and Westar.
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Giant power-generating windmills dominate the skyline south of Beaumont, Kan. The wind farm is nearing completion.
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Giant power-generating windmills dominate the skyline south of Beaumont, Kan. The wind farm is nearing completion.
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Giant power-generating windmills dominate the skyline south of Beaumont, Kan. The wind farm is nearing completion.
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A car travels down a rural Gray County road near three newly completed wind turbines. The turbines, being constructed by FPL Energy, measure 289 feet from base to rotor tip. The 170 towers being constructed will generate 112.2 megawatts of power, enough for approximately 44,000 households.
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Some of the nearly 200 wind-powered generators near Montezuma, Kan. While Montezuma enjoys having wind farms, there is a lot of opposition to a similar proposal in Butler County.
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Some of the nearly 200 wind-powered generators near Montezuma, Kan. While Montezuma enjoys having wind farms, there is a lot of opposition to a similar proposal in Butler County.
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A old barn stands in contrast to the wind-powered electric generators near Montezuma, Kan. While Montezuma enjoys having wind farms, there is a lot of opposition to a similar proposal in Butler County.
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The success of the wind-powered electric generators at the Gray County Wind Farm has led some other utility companies to consider similar investments in other parts of Kansas.
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The grain elevators and water tower in the town of Montezuma, Kan., used to be the lone structures standing tall on the prairie in Gray County. Now the nearly 200 turbines of the Gray County Wind Farm stand 300 feet tall.
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A hawk flies in a field near the Gray Co. Wind Farm near Montezuma, Kan. The success of the wind-powered electric generators has led some other utility companies to consider similar investments in other parts of Kansas.
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Nearly 200 electricity-generating turbines stand in the Gray County Wind Farm. The success of the wind-powered electric generators has led other utility companies to consider similar investments in other parts of Kansas.
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An old windmill is dwarfed by the gigantic turbines at the Gray County Wind Farm. The success of the wind-powered electric generators has led other utility companies to consider similar investments in other parts of Kansas.
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A tractor works in a cornfield at the Gray County Wind Farm. The success of the wind-powered electric generators has led other utility companies to consider similar investments in other parts of Kansas.
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A row of 260-foot-tall wind turbines at the Smoky Hills wind farm near Lincoln, Kan., in January 2008. A growing number of wind farms across the country is causing concern among wildlife officials that the huge towers may pose a danger to migrating flocks of endangered whooping cranes.
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A row of 260-foot-tall wind turbines churns out power at the Smoky Hills wind farm near Lincoln, Kan., in January 2008. A growing number of wind farms across the country is causing concern among wildlife officials that the huge towers may pose a danger to migrating flocks of endangered whooping cranes.
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A row of 260-foot-tall wind turbines churn out power at the Smoky Hills wind farm near Lincoln, Kan., in January 2008. A growing number of wind farms across the country is causing concern among wildlife officials that the huge towers may pose a danger to migrating flocks of endangered whooping cranes.
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A wind turbine works along with the coal-fired units at the Jeffrey Energy Center near Emmett, Kan., in November 2007.
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Wind turbines at a wind farm near Spearville, Kan.
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Wind turbines at a wind farm near Spearville, Kan.
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Wind turbines at a wind farm near Spearville, Kan.
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