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Gray County Wind Energy

Wind power plant in Kansas, United States of America. Approximate location 37.6133, -100.3782.

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Gray County Wind Energy is a 112 MW wind power station in Kansas, United States of America. It is operated by Gray County Wind Energy LLC. Based on reported annual generation of 206 GWh, it can supply roughly 58,971 homes. It ranks #1801 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2001, it is around 25 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).

112MW installed capacity
206GWh reported / yr
58,971homes powered
2001commissioned (~25 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0055734.

Reported generation trend

2013: 70 GWh20132014: 139 GWh20142015: 294 GWh20152016: 241 GWh20162017: 176 GWh20172018: 255 GWh20182019: 206 GWh2019294 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Gray County Wind Energy LLC.

Local climate & thermal context

This wind plant converts the kinetic energy of wind into electricity through turbine rotors. It sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate (Köppen BSk) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 37.6°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

12.5°Cannual mean temp
2,664heating degree-days (base 18°C)
679cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
829 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -1 °CJF: 2 °CFM: 6 °CMA: 12 °CAM: 17 °CMJ: 23 °CJJ: 26 °CJA: 25 °CAS: 20 °CSO: 14 °CON: 5 °CND: 1 °CD26 °C

Heating degree-days here run 8% above 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: 54/100 — 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 #377 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 37.6133, -100.3782 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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