Editing Ellsworth, Kansas (section)

==Infrastructure==
[[Image:Smoky Hill Wind Farm Located In Ellsworth, Kansas.jpg|thumb|right|Smoky Hill Wind Farm near Ellsworth]]
In 2008, TradeWind Energy and [[Enel North America]] made Ellsworth and Lincoln counties home to the [[Smoky Hills Wind Farm]]. Its 155 wind turbines have a total capacity of 250MW<ref name="enelgreenpower.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.enelgreenpower.com/en-GB/plants/projects/smoky_hills/ |title=Wind: The 155 wind turbines at Smoky Hills - Enel Green Power |access-date=2010-11-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215021621/http://www.enelgreenpower.com/en-GB/plants/projects/smoky_hills/ |archive-date=2010-12-15 }}</ref> and are installed on approximately 20,000 acres of agricultural land.<ref>[http://www.kansastravel.org/smokeyhillwindfarm.htm "Smoky Hills Wind Farm"], ''Kansas Travel''</ref> Some 100 landowners have lease arrangements to have the Smoky Hills Wind Farm's turbines installed on their properties.<ref>Meghan Lawrence, [http://farmtalknewspaper.com/local/x1803880673/Homeier-adds-value-by-growing-energy-on-his-Ellsworth-Co-farm  "Homeier adds value by growing energy on his Ellsworth Co. farm"], ''Farm Talk'', Retrieved 2012-1-10.</ref> The wind farm generates enough power to satisfy energy consumption requirements of 85,000 homes.<ref name="enelgreenpower.com"/>

The Post Rock Wind Farm is a 200 MW wind power facility in Kansas, reaching across Ellsworth and Lincoln counties. Post Rock Wind consists of 134 three-bladed 1.5 MW GE wind turbines. Pattern Energy owns 60% of the project, equal to 120 MW. The facility, which reached commercial operation in October 2012, sells 100% of its electrical output under a long-term power purchase agreement with Westar, which has a BBB+ credit rating.
Post Rock Wind facility spreads across an area of 23,000 acres in Ellsworth and Lincoln counties of Kansas