Category: Solar Energy in Oklahoma

EIA expects two years of significant growth in solar electric generation in the United States

  The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects solar electric generation will account for 7% of total U.S. electricity generation in 2025, up from 4% in 2023, according to its January Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO). Developers have reported that almost 80 gigawatts of solar power will come online over the next two years, increasing U.S. solar generating …

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Hail-damaged solar system in Nebraska back online

  The large solar system heavily damaged by a hail storm last June near Scottsbluff, damage that received national attention, is reported to be back online. The Nebraska Public Power District recently announced that t he facility has been repaired, re-commissioned and back in operation. “The storm that rolled through the Scottsbluff area in June …

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Energy quick reads

** Offshore wind turbines at two commercial-scale sites are now sending power to the U.S. grid. Moments before midnight on Tuesday, a single turbine near Martha’s Vineyard delivered 5 megawatts of renewable energy to the New England grid, developers said. ** APA Corp. agreed to acquire Permian Basin shale explorer Callon Petroleum Co. for $2.6 billion, the latest in …

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Financing secured for $11 billion SunZia project in New Mexico

    After 17 years of working to get approval for the massive wind and solar energy project in New Mexico, developer Pattern Energy Group LP announced it has secured $11 billion in financing. Construction is underway on the 3.5 gigawatt SunZia project which will carry electricity out of state to Arizona and is the …

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Another Solyndra-type failure in California?

  Are we about to see the failure of another green energy company after it received millions of dollars from the Biden administration? It appears so and is happening in northern California where SunPower, a firm dedicated to energy storage and solar power is about to go broke.  But only after it received more than …

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Massive renewable energy project to benefit union workers

  Union workers will benefit from the $5 billion electrical transmissionline that will carry wind-powered electricity from New Mexico and across Arizona to California. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) announced this week the signing of a labor agreement to build the 580-mile SunZia Clean Energy Transmission and Wind Infrastructure project line. Total estimated …

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Austin becomes US headquarters of nation’s 2nd largest solar company

  Austin, Texas is the new US home of RWE, the second-largest solar owner and operator in the nation. The global renewable energy company has more than 300 workers based in Austin and 10,000 across the world.  RWE has plans to becomme the top renewable energy developer and operator in the U.S. The Austin American-Statesman …

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Quick reads

** The Biden administration plans to set strict requirements on the sources of carbon-free electricity used by hydrogen producers seeking lucrative federal incentives, according to news reports citing leaked information regarding long-awaited rules for the Inflation Reduction Act’s clean hydrogen tax-credit program. ** Chrysler-parent Stellantis said it is seeking to void a 2019 California emissions …

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Economist says New Mexico’s governor and her Green mob are bringing down the state

  She’s the only governor attending the COP28 conference in Dubai, yet New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan-Grisham has her critics back home—those who don’t support her Green mob mentality and opposition to the state’s oil and gas revenue in the Permian Basin. Take for example what Dr. Jonathan Lesser, President of Continental Ecoomics, a senior …

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Brief energy stories

** The worsening bottlenecks at the drought-stricken Panama Canal are pushing at least one US diesel shipper to sail around the tip of South America en route to Chile for the first time since 2020. The vessel Green Sky is hauling ultra-low sulfur diesel loaded at Citgo Petroleum Corp.’s Clifton Ridge terminal in Louisiana to …

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