Lenexa-based TradeWind Energy LLC is seeking county-level approval for a proposed wind farm in southeast Kansas that could cost more than $500 million. The Buffalo Dunes project could support the production of as much as 300 megawatts of electricity.
TradeWind is negotiating agreements for payments in lieu of taxes (PILOTs) with officials in Grant and Haskell counties, said Frank Costanza, executive vice president with TradeWind. The move comes after about three years of work securing agreements with owners of about 40,000 acres of land, he said...