** The bodies of two people were recovered from the Patapsco River on Wednesday as officials searched the water where the Key bridge collapsed after being hit by an out-of-control container ship. The men, a 35-year-old and a 26-year-old, were found trapped in a red pickup at the middle of the fallen bridge, according to …
Category: Solar Energy in Oklahoma
Oklahoma among top ten renewable energy producing states
A new study finds that Oklahoma is one of the top 20 states in the U.S. for its production of renewable energy. The state ranks number 6 in the U.S., largely because of the wind power and wind farms that exist. The ranking is based on 2022 figures showing Oklahoma produced 39.72 TWh of …
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** Eastern seaboard ports are preparing to accept shipments of goods being rerouted from the Port of Baltimore following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge early Tuesday morning. Port officials and private-sector distributors told The Hill that plans to divert cargo shipments are in the works due to the suspension of vessel traffic …
New company helps Norman school district obtain solar tax credits
The Norman School District is using a new federal tax credit to install solar panels atop the Norman North high School. Installation is expected to begin this week as the district hopes to trim electricity costs. With the help of a new company, the school district is being able to do what it …
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** The Biden administration announced $6 billion in funding Monday for projects that will slash emissions from the industrial sector — the largest-ever U.S. investment to decarbonize domestic industry to fight climate change. ** Sustainable energy company Avangrid unveiled its economic and fiscal impact report on March 1 and announced that its Kitty Hawk Wind project …
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** The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday finalized a rule that would ban using and importing cancer-causing asbestos, a material still used in some vehicles and in some industrial facilities in the U.S., the first chemical banned under a 2016 chemical safety law. * The U.S. Energy Department (DOE) will unveil final rules that …
Tribe plans 4,000 acre solar farm in southwest Colorado
Four-thousand acres. It’s the size of a solar farm proposed by the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe based in Towaoc, Colorado. Located in the very southwest corner of Colorado, the Ute Mountain Ute Reservation wants to feature 2.2 million solar panels in the more than $1 billion project. It will be eight miles long and one …
70,000 solar panels will be completed on Tesla’s Austin factory
Tesla’s 10-million-square-foot factory in East Austin, Texas is installing an estimated 70,000 solar panels to help provide electrical power to the EV manufacturing plant. At the same time, the EV maker has shifted more of its battery cell production from a German factory to Gigfactory Texas according to Electrek. As a result, the first …
Solar farm moratorium extended another 6 months in Wichita, Kansas
County Commissioners in Wichita, Kansas have extended their temporary ban on new commercial solar farms. They originally created a six-month ban on energy projects last September to give them time to revise rules for commercial solar farms. One of the latest proposed farms was a 103-megawatt farm called thee Chisholm Trail Solar Energy …
Food Bank in OKC goes solar power
The Oklahoma City-based Regional Food Bank recently finished construction of a $1.6 million project to get some of its electricity from solar power. Bank officials estimate it will result in millions of dollars in utility costs, equating to millions of meals, reported KOCO TV News. Click here for KOCO TV News
