Billionaire Phillip Anschutz, the former owner of The Oklahoman has made a lot of money in oil and gas and railroads. Now he intends to make much more money in building the nation’s biggest wind farm in Wyoming. Read the story in Forbes by clicking here.
The latest wind farm in Kansas had a grand opening near Colby where the $650 million Solomon Forks Wind Project is located and another wind project will be constructed. ENGIE North America representatives as well as local business leaders and government officials were on hand for for the opening and to celebrate the East …
The wind industry’s latest challenge might be developing in Wyoming where some legislators are kicking around the idea of a new tax on electricity generation. They see it as a possible means to help end Wyoming’s financial problems, according to a report in the Casper Star Tribune. Click here to read more
A new 242 MW wind farm is nearly complete in northwest Missouri, one that will eventually supply electrical power to residents in northeast Oklahoma. The Tenaska Clear Creek Energy Center is located in Nodaway County and north of the city of Maryville. Construction is expected to be complete late this year as 111 wind …
A Texas Panhandle wind farm has a new owner. Tri Global Energy LLC, considered to be a leading wind developer in Texas and managers of the Changing Winds Renewable Energy Project LLC sold the wind farm to Invenergy, the world’s leading privately held developer and operator of sustainable energy solutions. The Changing Winds project …
The latest wind farm to be built in Nebraska will be constructed by Orsted’s U.S. onshore company Lincoln Clean Energy. The firm issued the Final Notice to Proceed on its Plum Creek wind farm in Wayne County located in the northeast part of the state. The investment decision was made by Orsted’s Board of Directors …
Facebook will be getting some of its electrical power from a Coke County, Texas wind farm. It reached a deal with ARES Infrastructure and Power strategy and Apex Clean Energy to receive power from the 525 MW Aviator Wind project located in Coke County, Texas. An additional unnamed corporate power purchase agreement for the …
The U.S. now has more than 83,000 wind turbines in use to generate electrical power for homes and businesses in all 50 states. The U.S. Department of Energy released its annual market reports documenting data and trends in wind installations, technologies, costs, prices and performance through the end of 2018. “Onshore wind energy installation continues …
The nation’s newest wind farm will be built in eastern Colorado near the Interstate 70 city of Limon, a city whose elevation is actually higher than the mile-high city of Denver. Holy Cross Energy and Guzman Energy signed an agreement to build the 150 megawatt Arriba Wind Farm in Lincoln County where Hugo is …
Eight wind energy projects located north of Amarillo in the Texas Panhandle have a new owner. Chicago-based GlidePath Power Solutions, one of America’s leading independent energy storage developers, announced its acquisition of a 149 MW portfolio of wind farms in North Texas. This latest acquisition brings GlidePath’s operating portfolio to more than 445 MW, in …
