Funding for two major solar power projects in Arkansas and Louisiana has been secured by Lightsource bp. The company, headquartered in London closed on a $533 million financing package to build the Conway Solar project near Happy, Arkansas and another $533 million multi-project financing package for the Ventress Solar project near Baton Rouge, Louisiana …
Category: Solar Energy in Oklahoma
OGE solicits bids for its largest solar-power effort
Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company is making a bigger push toward solar energy production, recently announcing its efforts to add up to 450 megawatts in the next three years. The company said it issued a Request for Proposals for nameplate solar energy resources to aid the utility in meeting the future generation needs of …
Other energy news stories
** The Environmental Protection Agency is taking its first major action to address toxic wastewater from coal-burning power plants, ordering utilities to stop dumping waste into unlined storage ponds and speed up plans to close leaking or otherwise dangerous coal ash sites. ** The US government spent $1.1 billion on carbon capture projects that mostly failed. ** U.S. …
Evergy announces plan for large solar farm near coal plant in Kansas City
Evergy announced it will build a 10-megawatt solar farm near its coal-fired power plant in northeast Kansas City. The company stated that half of the energy from the solar farm will go to serve the firm’s entire base of 1.6 million customers in Kansas and Missouri reported the Kansas Reflector. Click here for Kansas Reflector
Other energy headlines on Tuesday
** In an announcement issued in late December, and reported by CNBC last Friday, electric vehicle and solar roof manufacturer Tesla has asked employees to fight a new California proposal that could make residential rooftop solar energy more expensive for many homeowners. ** Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon issues an emergency order to block the U.S. EPA from shutting down …
Other energy headlines
** Some in the oil industry fear that oil prices may again return to the $100 mark, with President Joe Biden’s anti-fossil fuel stance and aggressive green agenda threatening the supply of oil and gas in the foreseeable future. ** The U.S. National Labor Relations Board impounded ballots that will decide whether the United Steelworkers (USW) continues …
Government proposes 29,000 acres for solar development in southern New Mexico
The government wants to develop solar power in New Mexico, Colorado and Nevada using 90,000 acres of federal public land. At least 29,000 acres would be located on public land in southern New Mexico reported the Carlsbad Current Argus. Click here for Carlsbad Current Argus.
Federal Bank report studies growth of renewable energy in Oklahoma
Despite the rebound of Oklahoma’s oil and gas industry in 2021 following the sharp drop in oil prices in early 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, employment in the state has lagged. And one report says renewable energy will evolve. Chad Wilkerson, branch executive, vice president and economist at the Oklahoma City Branch of …
Shell acquires solar and energy storage developer Savion, further expanding its global renewable power business
Fresh off its $9.5 billion sale of its upstream operations in the Permian Basin, Royal Dutch Shell Plc snatched up solar-power operator Savion LLC based in Kansa City. It’s seen as a significant expansion of Shell’s global solar portfolio as it made the acquisition from Macquarie’s Green Investment Group. The 100% buy was carried …
Restrictive solar farm regulations planned in eastern Kansas
NextEra Energy’s plans to create a 3,000 panel solar farm in eastern Kansas have run into opposition from residents and now from some county authorities. The Shawnee Mission Post reports that Johnson County Commissioners near Kansas City are in the process of perhaps creating some of the nation’s most restrictive solar farm regulations. Click …
