** The U.S. Treasury Department has sent notices to ship management companies requesting information about 100 vessels it suspects of violating Western sanctions on Russian oil, according to a source who has seen the documents. The notices represent the biggest step of its kind by the United States since Washington and its allies imposed a price cap …
Category: Solar Energy in Oklahoma
New solar plant to be built in New Mexico
A new $50 million solar manufacturing plant is coming to New Mexico and create 100 new jobs. Array Technologies announced plans to build the campus in Bernalillo County. CEO Kevin Hostetler was joined by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham in making the announcement. Array Technologies, formed 30 years ago in Albuquerque is one of the …
Biggest solar project in Arkansas to power University of Arkansas
The University of Arkansas announced its plans to develop solar energy at the Fayetteville campus are growing and the school expects energy savings to total more than three million dollars a year. Eric Boles, director of Sustainability at the University said the school will deploy the largest solar energy project ever in the state …
Tesla to convert Austin plant rooftop to solar power
Imagine Austin’s Tesla factory covered with rooftop solar panels? It’s what the company intends to do, creating the largest rooftop solar installation in the world. The company indicated that when the project is finished, it will be 30 megawatts. The solar milestone would be one of many firsts at the factory, reported the Austin …
Kansas woman fights eminent domain for renewable energy projects
A woman known for her skepticism of renewable energy urged a special legislative committee in Kansas this week to give more leverage to property owners who don’t want wind and solar power projects and transmission lines on their land. Virginia Crossland-Macha, leader of Stand for the Land Kanas, spoke to a committee and spent …
Residents cite explosive potential of Enid solar farm
Some of the residents around a proposed NextEra solar farm near Enid in northern Oklahoma are convinced it will be harmful to them and others. They argue the 200 megawatt, 4-hour battery energy storage system planned as part of the Skeleton Creek NextEra Energy Center has the potential to be explosive and start fires. …
Colorado town fights commercial solar project
Colorado, it seems, has this habit of openly preferring renewable energy sources and opposing oil and gas operations, yet no one wants the renewable sources to be located near them. The latest example is Norwood, a small town located northwest of Telluride in the southwest part of the state, where residents have taken an …
Protesters fight proposed solar farm near Enid
When the Garfield County Commission held a meeting on Monday to consider a NextEra Energy Resources solar farm, members were greeted by nearly 100 protesters. Yes, they were against the Skeleton Creek Project to be located southeast of the city of Enid. As a result of the large crowd, the meeting had to be …
Will solar eclipse cause blackouts in Texas power grid?
An approaching solar eclipse has the attention of the operators of ERCOT, the Texas grid. They’re curious whether the Saturday eclipse might present new challenges such as possible blackouts because of a lack of solar power. One engineering expert suggests that if the eclipse happens on a scorching day when the grid relies heavily …
Monday energy headlines
** General Motors (GM) has agreed to place battery manufacturing for electric vehicles (EVs) under its main agreement with the United Auto Workers (UAW) union, UAW President Shawn Fain announced on Friday. ** Exxon Mobil is expecting a third-quarter operating profit of between $8.3 billion and $11.4 billion, as increases in oil, gas and fuel …