Category: Wind Energy

Air Force shoots down proposed wind farm in Nebraska

  What had been planned to be Nebraska’s largest wind farm has been nixed by the military. Why? Because the proposed wind farm would be too close to underground missile silos. After farmers in Banner County, Nebraska had counted on the wind turbines for added income, the Air Force stepped in and vetoed the wind …

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** California regulators have taken away a key incentive for builders to use natural gas in new homes and commercial buildings as the state seeks to reduce greenhouse gasses and reach its climate goals. ** U.S. climate envoy John Kerry cautioned against investing in long-term gas projects in Africa as countries in the region, some hoping to …

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NextEra raises $2 billion through sale of equity units in the company

    NextEra Energy, a firm with vast wind operations throughout Oklahoma and numerous other states in the U.S. announced this week the sale of $2 billion in equity units to Citigroup, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Mizuho. Closing is expected on Sept. 19 of this year and each of the equity units will …

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NextEra wins Appeals Court ruling for transmission line in Texas

  The week has been one of court rulings for NextEra Energy. Some it won and some it lost. One big victory came in the 5th U.S. Circuit of Appeals Court which says NextEra should have the right to build a transmission line across East Texas. The ruling said Texas must allow competition for the …

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Appeals court rules against NextEra Energy in a lawsuit over a Kansas wind farm

  NextEra Energy lost a fight over a wind farm before the Kansas Court of Appeals The appellate court upheld a lower court ruling in favor of opponents of a large commercial wind farm southeast of Hutchinson. The actual ruling was against Pretty Prairie Wind LLC,  a subsidiary created by NextEra Energy reported the Hutchinson …

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** The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued notices to 15 states for failure to submit plans for air pollution reduction, four months after a lawsuit on the matter from a coalition of environmental groups. The states receiving notices are Alabama, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and …

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Opposition grows to billionaire’s wind farm plan in Wyoming

  Billionaire Phillip Anschutz—yes, that Phillip Anschutz, former owner of The Oklahoman newspaper, is moving ahead with his ambitious plan to build a 600-turbine wind farm in Wyoming. He also is building a more than 700 mile transmission line to carry the electrical power to California reported the Los Angeles Times. Click here for Los …

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Oklahoma experienced dip in wind powered electricity in spring

  A recent analysis of wind energy data from the federal government showed electricity production from wind power in Oklahoma fell nearly 10% in May. Still, a Wind Generation Report by ChooseEnergy.com ranked Oklahoma second nationally and only behind Texas for electricity production from wind turbines and towers. Texas produced more than 30% of the …

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**  About 3,000 white-collar workers at Ford Motor Co. will lose their jobs as the company cuts costs to help make the long transition from internal combustion vehicles to those powered by batteries. ** In the U.S. Lower 48 states, electric power generated by natural gas-fired power plants reached 6.37 million megawatthours on July 21, 2022, according …

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Enid to be site of wind turbine remanufacturing facility

  South Dakota-based RENEW Energy announced the construction of a new remanufacturing facility in Enid, Oklahoma. The facility will remanufacture wind turbine drive trains, and it will hold the largest capacity in North America in regards to the size of said turbines. Services on these turbines will be performed entirely on-site, other than the transportation …

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