The Tennessee Valley Authority is contracting with a wind farm in Kansas to add more renewable power to its power generation mix.
TVA announced Thursday it has signed a 20-year agreement with Caney River Wind Project LLC to deliver wind power to the TVA region from a facility to be built in Elk County, Kan. The farm will have 111 turbines across 14,000 acres. Generation is expected to begin in 2012.
“This contract puts TVA another step closer to fulfilling its vision to be one of the nation’s leading providers of low-cost and cleaner energy by sharpening our focus on renewables and energy efficiency, relying more on nuclear power, continuing to improve air quality, and relying less on coal,” TVA Senior Vice President John Trawick said.
TVA has added up to 1,581 megawatts of wind power resources to its generation portfolio since issuing a request for proposals in December 2008 for as much as 2,000 megawatts of renewable energy.