A new wind farm is planned in northeast Oklahoma near the state line with Kansas. Apex Clean Energy plans to lease 45,000 acres of Nowata County land for the Hickory Creek Project which will entail between 100 and 150 wind turbines along with solar and battery components reported News on 6 TV News. The project will …
All of those wind farms in Oklahoma helped increase the amount of planned new electric-generating capacity from wind, solar and battery storage in the U.S. this year. The U.S. Energy Information Administration reports the three technologies account of 825 of the new, utility-scale generating capacity that developers plan to bring online in the nation. …
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is 100% behind a new state program to give tax breaks to businesses but not for wind and solar energy projects. “I support [the program] not providing economic incentives for renewables,” Abbott said during a news conference in Austin. “There’s already federal incentives for renewable projects, and those will continue …
** Nearby residents were asked to shelter in place after a Norfolk Southern train derailed near a highway in the Springfield, Ohio, area on Saturday. Norfolk Southern confirmed in a statement to CBS News that 20 cars of a 212-car train derailed. The railway company said there were no hazardous materials aboard the train, and …
The growth of wind farms across the nation, including Oklahoma, the second-highest wind power state in the country, created a problem —how to dispose of the old turbine blades that have a life-span of about 20 years. A study made a few years ago and published in the Waste Management scientific journal claimed an …
It would appear Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt’s call for more energy diversification, one he made in his early February State of the State address to the state legislature, isn’t a lone call in the wild. Other Republican governors have made similar calls even as GOP legislators are pushing anti-ESG acts and laws. Bloomberg recently …
The idea of putting restrictions on the night-time red lights flashing on wind farm towers is gaining ground in Kansas where such a bill won early support. At the same time, wind farm operator NextEra Energy agreed to employ radar-activated lights that remain off unless an aircraft approaches. The agreement involved wind farm operations …
** President Biden may be close to issuing the first veto of his presidency as Congress is expected to pass a resolution disapproving of a Department of Labor (DOL) rule allowing retirement plan managers to factor environment, social and governance (ESG) into their investment decisions. ** Power from zero-carbon sources made up a full 41% of the …
Renewable energy firm, NextEra, a company with wind farm operations throughout the state, was turned down this week in its effort to build a solar and battery storage operation near Enid. The Enid News and Eagle reports the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission voted to deny NextEra’s petition to use land southeast of Enid for …
When Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners meet Tuesday, they will deal with at least two subjects that could prompt some compelling comments and discussion. One involves the $2.47 billion renewable energy plan proposed by Public Service Company of Oklahoma in which it is asking Commission approval of its cost recovery plan. The project involves PSO’s acquisition …
