A new report from the Department of Energy shows employment continues to fall in Oklahoma and other states that make up the nation’s oil and gas industry while it is increasing in the renewable energy industry. E&E News reported the new report showed energy sector jobs overall grew by 4% in 2021 with EV …
Category: Wind Energy
Step taken toward largest wind farm in U.S.
Another large wind project in New Mexico is in the making—one that would cover 230 square miles of state trust land and be the largest in the U.S. The New Mexico public land commissioner signed about a dozen leases this week to clear the way for the project in Lincoln, Torrance and San Miguel …
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** North Dakota regulators this week will hold a public hearing on a proposed $390 million wind project in the southern part of the state. ** A coal company owned by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s family agrees to pay $320 million to a Swiss bank to help settle an outstanding $850 million debt. ** Volkswagen aims to hire 1,000 new employees at its …
Wind tower collapses in Oklahoma and Colorado
At least two wind turbine tower collapses occurred in the past week, one in Oklahoma and one in eastern Colorado. As OK Energy Today reported last week, the Oklahoma incident happened near the Major County town of Ames and no one was injured. The second tower collapse happened a few days later near the …
Wind turbine tower collapses in northern Oklahoma
A northern Oklahoma wind farm is minus one of its wind turbines following the collapse of the turbine and tower this week. The incident happened Monday evening in Major County near the town of Ames according to Fire Chief Mike Willey reported the Enid News and Eagle. Click here for Enid News & …
Kansas county wants to impose moratorium on wind farm growth
A northeast Kansas county is considering a moratorium on further wind farm development near the state line with Missouri. Brown County Commissioners discussed the issue this week along with how much to fine wind farm developers who might ignore such a proposed moratorium reported News-Press NOW. Click here for News-Press NOW
Wind energy firm in Enid could get millions in incentives
A proposed extension of a tax district in Enid could save an energy company $14 million in taxes for storage of its wind turbine parts. Click here for Enid News and Eagle
Oklahoma oil and gas group attacks OGE’s rate hike request
In opposing Oklahoma Gas and Electric company’s $163.5 million rate hike, the state’s largest and most influential oil and gas group said regulators should not approve such an increase until the utility fulfills its pledge to correct inadequate planning and preparation it had for the February 2021 winter storm Uri. It also heavily criticized …
Scramble by renewable energy developers in eastern Colorado
Excel Energy’s recently approved $1.7 billion Power Pathway transmission line project is reportedly causing a land rush of sorts in eastern Colorado. Some ranchers and farmers call it the new “cash crop” as wind and solar developers scramble to lock up land for their projects reported the Colorado Sun. Click here for Colorado Sun …
New public land leases in New Mexico will triple state’s renewable energy capacity
The state of New Mexico could very well see its renewable energy capacity triple following a recent auction of public land, much of it in the county where the fabled Billy the Kid roamed in the Wild West. Pattern Energy won the auction for 147,685 acres of leases in Lincoln, Torrance and San Miguel …