Textron Aviation to offtake power from Evergy's 300 MW MW Soldier Creek wind project in Nemaha County

Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron, Inc. company, has signed a multi-year agreement with Evergy, Inc. to meet nearly all of its electricity needs at the company’s facilities located in Wichita and Independence, Kansas, by utilizing renewable wind energy.

The multi-year agreement with Evergy will provide Textron Aviation’s Kansas facilities with 55 megawatts (MW) of energy from a 300 MW wind farm being constructed near Manhattan, Kansas, in Nemaha County.

The Soldier Creek Wind Farm is scheduled to be online by the end of 2020.