Farm groups in Kansas are urging the state legislature to adopt a bill to stop utilities from using the power of eminent domain for construction of solar farms in the state. Some opponents want legislators to go even further by prohibiting utilities using eminent domain to build huge transmission lines. The Kansas Senate …
Some legal observers contend a Tulsa federal judge’s ruling in December to force Enel Green Power to tear down the 84 wind turbines it built more than a decade ago on Osage Nation land is a sign of the ability of Indian tribes to wage their fights in court. This week, another tribal energy …
City leaders in Little Rock, Arkansas approved development of a 4.9 megawatt solar array that they claim will eventually supply nearly 70% of the city’s electricity needs. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports Little Rock directors okayed a contract with Sun Hog Solar LLC, a construction subsidiary of Scenic Hill Solar, an Arkansas based company. As …
A 3,600-acre, six-square mile solar farm is a step closer to production in the Texas Panhandle. A report indicated that $590 million in funding was recently secured by Vesper Energy for the Hornet Solar project south of Amarillo. Power production for ERCOT, the Texas electricity grid, is anticipated to begin in January of 2025 …
While critics of wind and solar power point out how the government funds those renewable energy sources with billions in subsidies, critics of oil and gas point to government subsidies for the industry. The latest example of tit for tat studies came from the NRDC or Natural Resources Defense Council which stated documents reveal …
While fans of renewable energy are promoting solar farms to provide electricity, it’s not so easy to convince neighboring landowners of the value of solar farms because of the amount of acres taken off farmland production. Take for example the recent case of a farming family in eastern Kansas where their farm has …
Wyoming is to be home to a $230 million wind farm by AES Corp., the firm that once owned Oklahoma’s Shady Point power plant in the eastern part of the state. AES, based in Virginia has wind farms throughout the world and plans to construction near Glenrock, Wyoming, a town located east of Casper. …
A report by USA Today claims that an estimated 15% of the counties across the nation have stopped new solar and wind power projects. As the paper reported, its review “shows local governments are banning green energy faster than they’re building it.” The limits of the renewable energy projects includes outright bans, moratoriums, construction …
While renewable energy fans raved about how wind and solar farms produced electricity during the recent frigid weather that hit Texas, it was still coal and natural gas that remained strong fuels for the electricity to keep homes warm—-and from the state’s energy grid doing a repeat of the 2021 Winter Storm Uri. It’s …
A report states that Texas broke a record for the amount of electrical power produced through solar generation. It was on Sunday when more than one third of the electricity on the state’s power grid came from the sun and experts indicated they believe it won’t be long before another solar generation record …
