High Banks Wind
High Banks Wind is a wind farm in Republic County, Kansas, operated by High Banks Wind, LLC. Among the 1,356 wind farms in the country it is the fifth-largest. It ranks fifth by nameplate capacity among Kansas’s 190 power plants. It is the biggest of Kansas’s 52 wind farms. Of its current capacity, 643 MW came online between 2023 and 2025.
Nameplate capacity, 2025
643 MW
604 MW net summer capacity
1 operable unit
- Onshore wind643 MW100%
Unit by unit, 2023 to 2025
operating in 2025bar height follows unit size
Unit WT Onshore wind, 643 MW, 2023
Among Kansas’s plants
Largest plants in the state by nameplate capacity, with the plants ranked next to this one.
- 1Jeffrey Energy Center2,160 MW
- 2La Cygne1,599 MW
- 3Wolf Creek Generating Station1,296 MW
- 4Emporia Energy Center730 MW
- 5High Banks Windthis plant
- 6Lawrence Energy Center517 MW
- 7Flat Ridge 2 Wind Energy LLC470 MW
Other rankings
- All US power plants
- 559th of 14,286
- Plants in the Southwest Power Pool balancing area
- 36th of 713
- Biggest single unit, among Kansas’s plants
- 4th of 190
Operable units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WT | Onshore wind | 643 MW | 604 MW | 2023 | Operating |
Grid and site
- Balancing area
- Southwest Power Pool
- Reliability region
- Midwest Reliability Organization
- Highest grid connection voltage
- 345 kV
- Nearest town on record
- Belleville
- Operator type
- Independent producer
- Coordinates
- 39.816°N, 97.431°W
Closest plants
| Plant | Runs on | Capacity | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belleville | Natural gas | 9.4 MW | 10.7 mi west |
| Clifton | Natural gas | 87.5 MW | 16.2 mi southeast |
| Deshler Solar | Solar | 1 MW | 23.8 mi northwest |
| Washington | Natural gas | 11.4 MW | 24.7 mi east |
| Hebron | Oil and petroleum | 56.7 MW | 26.8 mi north |
| Deshler | Oil and petroleum | 1.7 MW | 27.3 mi northwest |
| Cloud County Wind Farm | Wind | 201 MW | 29.0 mi southwest |
| Steele Flats Wind Project LLC | Wind | 78.8 MW | 30.0 mi northeast |