Boeing Supplier Spirit To Power Wichita Plant with Wind
Spirit AeroSystems has signed a 10-year agreement with utility provider Evergy for its Wichita plan to receive all its electricity from a Kansas wind farm.
The Flat Ridge 3 wind farm will generate about 130 MW of power once it's complete by the end of 2020. (Photo: Spirit AeroSystems)
The Flat Ridge 3 wind farm will generate about 130 MW of power once it's complete by the end of 2020. (Photo: Spirit AeroSystems)

Spirit AeroSystems will convert to using wind-generated electricity at its 12.8 million-sq-ft plant in Wichita after Kansas utility regulators approved a 10-year agreement between the Airbus and Boeing supplier and area utility provider Evergy. Spirit plans to begin the conversion this year.