Westar passes milestone of 25M megawatt hours generated from wind

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Westar energy passed a big clean-energy milestone this week.

As of Sunday, Westar has produced 25-million megawatt hours with wind alone.

Gina Penzig, Westar's media relations manager explained just how much power that really is.

"Twenty-five million megawatt hours is kind of hard to get your head around, it's not a number that we hear very often,” she said.

“To put it in perspective that would power the city of Topeka for about twenty-five years."

With American Wind Week underway Westar wanted to highlight just how important that milestone is to the future of wind generation in Kansas.

Read more at the full article at WIBW.