We're growing renewable generation to be more than 30% of the energy homes and businesses use. Expand Collapse
We provide renewable energy that is available and affordable for everyone. At the end of 2016, we will have the renewable energy equivalent of nearly 1/3 of all the energy used by the homes, farms and businesses we serve. When coupled with our nuclear power, the amount of emission-free electricity goes to over 50%. Through Westar Wind, any customer can choose to have even more of their electricity come from clean, renewable, green energy. You can elect any additional amount up to 100% of your electricity coming from wind and for only a few additional dollars each month.You can find more about Westar Wind here.
We pride ourselves on being the state’s leading renewable energy provider, maintaining the long-term future of Kansas. Expand Collapse
As Kansans, we share your concern for our environment and are committed to taking good care of it. As a leader in Kansas, we consider it our responsibility to conserve the long-term quality of our Kansas air, water and other natural resources. Today, we generate the most renewable energy in Kansas, taking advantage of the plentiful Kansas wind and sun. And we’re making commitments to increase that amount significantly.
We have a commonsense approach to developing renewable energy while keeping it reliable and affordable. Expand Collapse
As Kansans, we understand the crucial role the environment plays in our lives. We continue to develop new sources of renewable energy as good stewards of our environment. But, this energy must be affordable. Our responsibility to the environment is balanced with our responsibility to customers.
By the end of 2016, we will get wind power from eleven different wind farms, producing nearly 1,700 megawatts of wind energy—the equivalent of more than 30% of all the homes and businesses we serve. Click to learn more about our wind facilities.
We transform methane, a greenhouse gas emitted from landfill waste, into clean energy. Click to see where our landfill gas is generated.
We invested in more than 20 educational solar array projects across Kansas that generate renewable energy. In addition, we've proposed two community solar facilities in which all our customers can participate. Click to see where the solar projects are located.
Developing renewable energy means investing in the Kansas economy. Our constructing just one wind farm means over 500 Kansas construction jobs and contributes $9 million annually to our economy for many decades.
By the end of 2016 or early 2017, we expect to produce renewable energy equal to more than 30% of what you use – and you have options of making that as much as 100%. Click to learn about our renewable energy programs for your home or business.
No one in Kansas provides more renewable energy than Westar. By 2017, we'll have renewable energy equivalent of roughly 1/3 of the electricity used by the homes, farms and businesses we serve. Including our nuclear power, that amount of carbon-free power goes to more than half.