Nearly a year after more than a million acres were burned in a massive Texas Panhandle fire that swept into western Oklahoma, eleven cities in the Panhandle have formed a coalition against Xcel Energy, the company accused of causing the February 2024 fire. Called the “Lonestar Eleven,” the coalition was formed because of what …
December 27, 2025 archive
New wind farm coming to SE Oklahoma
Southeast Oklahoma is about to get another wind farm, one revealed in a recent filing made by the Southwest Power Pool. Overland Station Wind Energy LLC, a subsidiary of Invenergy Inc. is the developer of the project. According to the SPP, the project would be located near McAlester and involve 35 wind turbines, identified as …
Stardust Power lands $15 million investor
Stardust Power Inc., an American developer of battery-grade lithium carbonate, announced it has executed a Securities Purchase Agreement with a single institutional investor providing for up to $15.0 million in senior secured convertible debt financing to support early-stage construction activities at its lithium refinery project in Muskogee, Oklahoma. The facility includes an initial $4.0 million …