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Evergy, the parent company of Kansas City Power & Light, has announced plans to reduce its carbon output and add consistent renewable energy power to its fleet. By 2050, the utility provider will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 80 percent below 2005 levels and will expand its wind energy portfolio by 660 megawatts. By the end of this year, Evergy estimates it will reach an emissions reduction of 40 percent.<\/p>\n

To achieve the emissions cutback, the company plans to retire nearly all coal power plants<\/a> in its fleet at the end of their useful life\u2014estimated to be in the 2040-2050 decade. Exception is the Iatan 2 power plant in Missouri, an 850-megawatt facility that began operating in 2010.<\/p>\n

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READ ALSO:<\/strong> Falling Renewable Costs Trigger \u2018Coal Crossover\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

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Moreover, the Wolf Creek Nuclear Station, the state\u2019s first nuclear power generating station, built in 1985, and which generates about 1,200 megawatts of electricity, will continue to operate only until its license expires in 2045. Evergy\u2019s plan includes the addition of a small amount of natural gas generation if additional carbon-free generation is not available within the timeframe.   <\/p>\n

Higher winds<\/h2>\n
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The 660 megawatts of wind power that will be added to the company\u2019s fleet will come from four new projects, which will boost Evergy\u2019s total wind generating capacity to more than 4.5 gigawatts. This will place it in the top five wind energy companies in the U.S.<\/p>\n

These four new wind projects are estimated to bring some $180 million economic benefits to the region in addition to hundreds of construction jobs and dozens of permanent green energy jobs. The facilities are:<\/p>\n

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  • Expedition Wind\u2014a 199-megawatt park developed by National Renewable Solutions in Marion County, Kan.<\/li>\n
  • Flat Ridge 3\u2014a 128-megawatt addition to the existing 520 megawatts of wind power generated by the first two phases of the Flat Ridge project. This third module is developed by AEP Renewables near Kingman, Kan.<\/li>\n
  • Jayhawk Wind\u2014a 193-megawatt facility developed by Apex Clean Energy in Crawford and Bourbon Counties, Kan., of which Evergy will acquire 155MW.<\/li>\n
  • Ponderosa Wind will have a generating capacity of approximately 200 megawatts of power, of which Evergy will acquire 178MW. The project will be developed by a subsidiary of NextEra Resources south of Liberal, Kan., in Oklahoma.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The electric utility company estimates it will reach an emissions reduction of 40 percent below 2005 levels by the end of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":237,"featured_media":1004348090,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21748,1592,13,21742,21786],"tags":[37735,38522,35860,40826],"class_list":["post-1004386931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industrial","category-kansas-city","category-midwest","category-latest","category-sustainability","tag-apex-clean-energy","tag-kansas-city-power-light-district","tag-nextera-energy-resources-llc","tag-wind-power"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nEvergy to Cut Carbon Output, Boost Wind Capacity - Commercial Property Executive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/evergy-to-cut-carbon-output-boost-wind-capacity\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Evergy to Cut Carbon Output, Boost Wind Capacity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The electric utility company estimates it will reach an emissions reduction of 40 percent below 2005 levels by the end of the year.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/evergy-to-cut-carbon-output-boost-wind-capacity\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Commercial Property Executive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CPExecutive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-01-31T20:04:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-01-31T20:05:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/08\/Coal-fueled-power-plant_chimneys-2058_1920.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Anca Gagiuc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/evergy-to-cut-carbon-output-boost-wind-capacity\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/evergy-to-cut-carbon-output-boost-wind-capacity\/\",\"name\":\"Evergy to Cut Carbon Output, Boost Wind Capacity - 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