Largest solar farm in Kansas to be built near Kansas City

Solar panels in a field.

 

Plans are underway by NextEra Energy to build a 2,000 acre solar farm near the Kansas town of Gardner at the southwest edge of Kansas City.

The Shawnee Mission Post reports the 320 Megawatt West Gardner Solar Project will be the largest such solar farm in Kansas and could be online by 2023.

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