Fort Riley, Kansas is getting added solar energy power to its residential buildings on post. Corvias, a long-term solutions and management partner to the U.S. military, achieved a significant milestone in its energy conservation efforts following the installation and activation of approximately 350 additional solar systems as part of its second phase of its …
Category: Solar Energy in Oklahoma
Colorado solar array to cover 1,350 acres
County regulators near Colorado Springs approved new zoning this week on 5,000 acres of land to be the site of a new solar array. The action by El Paso County Commissioners will allow solar company Juwi, based in Boulder to build the array near the community of Fountain reported the Denver Gazette. The array …
Devon expands renewable energy efforts with help of Tulsa firm
Tulsa-based Omnia Midstream Partners, LLC announced a development agreement to integrate renewable energy into the operations of Devon Energy Corp’s Stateline field located in the Delaware Basin. Omnia is an energy solutions developer and advisor and worked with Devon to integrate emissions-reducing renewable energy and battery storage into its power supply to supplement a …
AEP selling more wind and solar assets
American Electric Power, the parent company of Public Service Company of Oklahoma announced its plans to sell its unregulated wind and solar assets so it can focus more on transmission of electrical power. It’s a move that has a direct affect in Oklahoma. The announcement came as AEP reported fourth-quarter 2021 earnings of $539 …
Other energy headlines
** Louisiana officials are investigating the cause of a massive methane cloud that was spotted on satellite imagery, Bloomberg reports. A plume of the gas — the highest concentration of the powerful greenhouse gas spotted by the satellite in the U.S. since October — was detected on Jan. 21. ** Wind energy advocates say a series of bills …
New solar startup coming to Oklahoma
Oklahoma is one of at least six states where a new solar startup company based in Florida plans to begin its operations. GTFPower has started operations out of DeBary,Florida and the firm plans to sell and install products for solar roofing, battery backup storage and electric vehicle accessories. Its initial targets will be Oklahoma, …
Other energy stories and their headlines
** President Bidensaid that the Nord Stream 2 pipeline from Russia to Germany will not go forward if Russia invades Ukraine. “If Russia invades, that means tanks or troops crossing the border of Ukraine, again, then there will be no longer Nord Stream 2. We will bring an end to it,” Biden said at a joint press conference with …
Headlines of other energy stories
** The nation’s largest electric grid operator PJM Interconnection is so clogged with requests from energy developers seeking connections to its regional transmission network in the eastern United States that it is proposing a two-year pause on reviewing more than 1,200 energy projects, most of them solar power. ** The Biden administration is considering a Chevron …
SWEPCO files for approval of Louisiana solar project
Arkansas regulators are being asked by Southwestern Electric Power Co. to approve 72.5 megawatts of solar energy for the company by December 2024. The Arkansas Democrat Gazette reports SWEPCO wants to build the project about 20 miles north of Shreveport, Louisiana. Click here for Arkansas Democrat Gazette.
Entergy Arkansas puts put solar plant on line
Entergy Arkansas announced its newest solar generation source is online and pumping power onto the electric grid. The Searcy Solar Energy Center is among the first in the state to include battery storage and the ability to store 30 megawatts to provide power rain or shine. Searcy Solar is one of three plants producing …