A new national report shows the U.S. solar industry’s employment dropped 6.7% from 2019 to 2020 while Oklahoma saw growth since 2012. The Solar Energy Industry Association said total U.S. solar industry employment was 231,4747 workers in 2019 but the employment also declined across all labor categories and in most states. The SEIA said …
Renewable energy producer Enel Green Power has launched construction on another new wind farm in southcentral Oklahoma—its 11th wind project in the state. The company announced the 140 MW Rockhaven wind project is being built in Garvin and Carter Counties and is adjacent to the Origin wind farm which Enel has operated since 2015. …
East of Temple, Texas and northeast of Austin, farmers have become outspoken against the growth of solar farm development. One such farm near the town of Burlington in Milam County will take up 7,000 acres of land. KWTX reported that not everyone supports the growth. Click here for KWTX report.
Some Iowa farmers are giving consideration to surrendering their farmland for the creation of a nearly $5 million solar farm, one that might provide them with a better income than the corn they produce. The project is the idea of Megawatt Photovoltaic Development Inc., a utility-scale solar developer that is seeking 1,500 acres of …
Oklahoma Gas and Electric (OG&E), a subsidiary of Oklahoma City-based OGE Energy Corp. (OGE), recently announced that it will expand its Choctaw Nation/OG&E Solar Energy Center in Durant, Oklahoma by an additional five megawatts, according to a company press release. This brings the total solar capacity to ten megawatts. OG&E will construct, own and operate the additional five megawatt expansion, which is …
More and more states are taking steps related to the distribution of solar power and the policies that apply to it. As PV Magazine reported, Kansas was one of them where its Corporation Commission recently rejected a proposed minimum grid access charge requested by Evergy. The magazine also noted that more than 40 states …
Oklahoma Gas and Electric, a subsidiary of Oklahoma City-based OGE Energy Corp. , announced that it will expand its Choctaw Nation/OG&E Solar Energy Center in Durant, Oklahoma by an additional 5-megawatts (MW), bringing the total solar capacity to 10 MW. OG&E will construct, own and operate the additional 5MW expansion, which is expected to come online by the …
Oklahoma ranked 33rd in the sixth annual Clean Energy Jobs Report released this week, a report that also showed for the first time a drop in the number of overall jobs in the clean energy sector. The report showed Oklahoma had 22,765 workers employed in the sector as of 2020 with 3,199 in renewables; …
New Mexico’s State Land Commissioner says the office has more than doubled renewable energy development on state lands over the past two years. The New Mexico Political Report says 466 megawatts were added since Garcia Richard took office and soon the office will get to a goal of tripling renewable energy on state trust land. Click here for …
Texas lawmakers apparently have a fight on their hands over proposed new laws to make wind and solar farms pay for services to ensure the flow of power on the grid stays smooth and steady. Three big power companies, the biggest in the country wrote lawmakers charging that the proposed new laws would create …
