A lawsuit by a tenant farmer in Iowa has the potential to change wind energy construction in Iowa. It’s a suit the wind industry is watching closely. The issue involves the tenant farmer who opposed construction of a wind farm on the land he leases even though the land owner approved of the project. …
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** The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the resulting increase in gas prices is responsible for most of the record increase in US inflation last month, US President Joe Biden says. “Seventy percent of the increase in prices in March came from (Russian President Vladimir) Putin’s price hike in gasoline,” Biden says during a visit …
PSO to highlight environmental record on eve of Earth Day
Public Service Company of Oklahoma plans to highlight its environmental performance along with the opening of the largest wind farm built at one time in North America on Wednesday. The company will make a presentation Wednesday morning at the Tulsa Enviro-Expo, Guthrie Green, 111 E. Reconciliation Way. PSO is a subsidiary of American Electric …
Opponents fight proposed largest wind farm in Kansas
Residents in north central Kansas are putting up a fight against what would be the largest wind farm ever built in the state. NextEra Energy has proposed the High Banks Wind Farm to be located in Republic County near the city of Belleville but area residents don’t want it according to FOXNE, KFXL. Click …
Wind turbines fail in southeast Kansas
Wind turbines in one southeast Kansas county have stopped working and county commissioners want to know why. Click here for KOAM news
Fight is underway in Missouri to save Grain Belt Express transmission line
Some of the towns and counties where a proposed $2.5 billion Grain Belt Express transmission line would be built in northern Missouri are fighting for the wind project. They are lobbying the Missouri legislature against other efforts to kill the line that would transport wind-powered electricity from southwest Kansas to Illinois and Indiana …
Wind farm developer charged with deaths of eagles
The deaths of nearly 150 golden and bald eagles because of the construction of wind farm operations in New Mexico and Wyoming and several other states led to federal charges against ESI Energy. The Cowboy State Daily reports ESI has agreed to extensive changes costing up to $27 million at its wind farms in Wyoming, …
Missouri Senate could pass bill blocking eminent domain for power project
The fight against eminent domain and the construction of the Grain Belt Express power line across Missouri is headed to the Missouri state senate. The Senate’s Majority leader is predicting approval of a bill to curtail use of eminent domain to finish building the power line to carry wind-generated electricity from southwest Kansas to …
Strong winds resulted in Southwest Power Pool wind energy records
Those strong winds that whipped across Oklahoma and Kansas this week did more than stir up some massive and damaging wildfires—they also helped Southwest Power Pool set multiple renewable records on March 28 and 29. The Power Pool, of which Oklahoma is a member set a renewable energy penetration record of 90.2% beating the …
Enel Green Power breaks ground on 13th wind farm in Oklahoma
Oklahoma is getting yet another wind farm. Enel Green Power North America broke ground this week on its Seven Cowboy wind farm located in Washita and Kiowa counties in the southwestern part of the state. The 300-MW wind park near Sentinel will be Enel Green’s 13th project in Oklahoma and should be operational by …