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Caney River Wind Project

Wind power plant in Kansas, United States of America. Approximate location 37.46, -96.42.

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Caney River Wind Project is a 200 MW wind power station in Kansas, United States of America. It is operated by Caney River Wind Project. Based on reported annual generation of 657 GWh, it can supply roughly 187,600 homes. It ranks #1250 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2011, it is around 15 years old — relatively modern. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, wind supplies about 10.3% of United States of America's electricity; the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

200MW installed capacity
657GWh reported / yr
187,600homes powered
2011commissioned (~15 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0057858.

Reported generation trend

2013: 733 GWh20132014: 744 GWh20142015: 686 GWh20152016: 696 GWh20162017: 737 GWh20172018: 638 GWh20182019: 657 GWh2019744 GWh

Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Caney River Wind Project.

Local climate & thermal context

This wind plant converts the kinetic energy of wind into electricity through turbine rotors. It sits in a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 37.5°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

13.7°Cannual mean temp
2,344heating degree-days (base 18°C)
793cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
382 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -1 °CJF: 3 °CFM: 8 °CMA: 14 °CAM: 19 °CMJ: 23 °CJJ: 26 °CJA: 26 °CAS: 21 °CSO: 15 °CON: 8 °CND: 2 °CD26 °C

Heating degree-days here run 5% below the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 48/100 — this site sits in the mid third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #148 largest wind power plant of 1139 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 1139 wind power plants in this dataset, together about 104,477 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 37.46, -96.42 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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