Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe repeated his concern this week that some “green” renewable energy sources carry their own baggage and he pointed to piles of old wind turbine blades as an example. The Senator has spoken previously of his concerns about junkyards of turbine blades and EV batteries and repeated them in a …
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Historic changes are coming to the Texas energy industry
A report by the Federal Reserve Bank of Texas suggests the state’s economy will continue to do well in the coming decades even with a possible and likely long-term decline in the state’s oil and gas sector. But changes are definitely coming to the state’s energy industry. The bank stated in its assessment report …
Giant solar farm for the Pueblo steel mill finished
A steel mill in Pueblo, Colorado has finished construction on a solar farm that will allow the company to generate nearly 100% of its own power for steel production. As Big Pivots reported, the Bighorn Solar project was finished two years after work started at the Evraz steel mill. Click here for Big Pivots
Headlines of other energy stories
** The White House has asked energy companies to help lower fuel prices amid a worldwide rise in energy costs, Reuters reported. Oil and gas companies have spoken with the White House in the preceding days regarding the request, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. ** The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a contract to a …
Brief energy stories from across the nation and world
** Under a new law signed over the weekend by Gov. Gavin Newsom, California will ban the sale of all off-road, gas-powered engines, including generators, lawn equipment, pressure washers, chainsaws, weed trimmers, and even golf carts. ** The underwater pipeline that caused a major oil spill off the coast of Southern California was likely initially damaged by a …
Other energy stories
** President Joe Biden will restore two sprawling national monuments in Utah that have been at the center of a long-running public lands dispute, and a separate marine conservation area in New England that recently has been used for commercial fishing. Environmental protections at all three monuments had been stripped by former President Donald Trump. ** A …
Counties in Eastern Kansas plan restrictions on solar farms
Two counties in eastern Kansas are considering new regulations putting restrictions on solar farms after NextEra Energy Resources announced plans for one of the largest solar farms in the nation. E & E News reports that leaders in Johnson and Douglas Counties, locations near Lawrence and Kansas City were prompted by NextEra’s proposed 320-megawatt …
Call for more solar energy development in Oklahoma
A leader of a solar energy organization in Oklahoma says it’s time the country’s energy policy came out of the Dark Ages. The call comes from J.W. Peters who is president of Solar Power of Oklahoma and wrote about it in an op-ed piece for The Oklahoman. Click here for The Oklahoman.
Solar panel shortage raises concerns in New Mexico
Whether it’s a shipping bottleneck or tariffs on China’s manufactured solar panels, the shortage of the panels is raising serious electrical power supply questions in New Mexico. Public Service of Mexico told regulators in recent days that the global solar panel supply problem is interfering with the firm’s plans to abandon and retire its …
Energy news in brief
** The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced $17.9 million in funding for four research and development projects to scale up American manufacturing of flow battery and long-duration storage systems. ** Ford just announced it’s going to dump boatloads of money into Tennessee and Kentucky to create a couple of mega sites for electric vehicle production. In clearer terms, …