Electric utility Ameren has not only gone operational with its first wind farm but it is also the largest in Missouri.
The 175-turbine High Prairie Renewable Energy Center is near Kirksville in northern Missouri and is a 400-megawatt project.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that Ameren expects the wind farm will produce enough electricity to power 120,000 homes this year
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