Solar installers in Arkansas experience signs of good news and bad news. The good news is a growth in demand for their battery storage systems. But the bad news is they also face shortages of materials according to a report by the Arkansas Business. Click here for Arkansas Business story.
Category: Solar Energy in Oklahoma
Liberty wants to increase utility rates in Kansas and Missouri
Kansas and Missouri customers of Liberty Utilities could be hit with a rate hike while it’s unclear if the company’s customers in Oklahoma and Arkansas will see an increase in their bills. Liberty filed requests with the Missouri Public Service Commission to increase rates for customers in Missouri and Kansas. The Joplin Globe reported …
Northwest Arkansas school to get solar power
A new solar project to help a northwest Arkansas school district was announced this week by Ozarks Electric Cooperative. The utility is partnering with Springdale Public Schools and Today’s Power Inc. to build a 2.4 megawatt solar plant near the Sonora Middle School in Springdale, a city located near Fayetteville. The plant will offset …
Choctaw Nation adds more solar panels to tribal homes
The renewable energy efforts of Oklahoma’s Choctaw Nation were recently showcased by KOCO TV, reflecting how the tribe has installed solar energy on at least 20 of its low income homes. Tribal officials say the project will result in savings for the families. Click here for KOCO story.
Corporation Commission to consider Ft. Sill energy center
Oklahoma regulators meet Tuesday to consider the request of Public Service Company of Oklahoma to build a nearly $118 million energy center at Fort Sill, a center opposed by an administrative law judge and Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter. The Corporation Commission received the recommendation last week of Administrative Law Judge Dustin R. Murer who …
Energy news in brief
** A federal judge rules that the Dakota Access pipeline can continue operating during an updated environmental review. Attention now turns to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as it completes the court-ordered environmental impact statement. ** The world’s largest microchip maker is buying tanker trucks full of water to keep its plant going as farmers struggle to make ends meet …
Iowa pushes to be known for solar power industry
While Iowa might have a reputation of a strong wind energy industry, two solar energy groups recently joined efforts and proclaimed the state very well could be known for its solar energy as well. KWWL in Iowa has a report. Click here.
California and its rolling blackouts
State leaders in California say they’re better prepared to avoid the rotating and tolling electrical blackouts the state experienced last year—blackouts criticized by Oklahoma congressman Markwayne Mullin. In an interview last fall with OK Energy Today in which he warned of the extreme anti-fossil fuel steps that would be taken under a Biden presidency, …
SE Missouri to be site of 2,000 acre solar farm
In the far southeast corner of Missouri, work is underway for development of a $175 million solar farm that will take up 2,000 acres of land. Final approval is being sought for the Kelso Solar Project to be located near Benton. The Southeast Missourian reported the farm is a joint venture of Arevon, an …
Minnesota family-owned company will build one-third of U.S. wind projects this year
A family-owned wind power construction company located in Avon, Minnesota expects to build nearly one-third of all the wind projects in the U.S. including some in Oklahoma. Blattner Energy, formerly D.H. Blattner & Son’s Co. has more than 450 wind and solar projects to its name and built several of the wind farms in …