Groundbreaking could be this year on a planned $5 billion 1,000 wind turbine power project in Wyoming that could create the largest wind farm in the world. Much of the work will be on the Overland Trail Ranch south of Rawlins, a ranch owned by Denver billionaire Phillips Anschutz, who once owned The Oklahoman …
Category: Wind Energy
Hearings start in Kansas for Grain Belt Express Transmission line
The Energy Department plans a series of meetings in the coming weeks on development of the Grain Belt Express Transmission Line Project that will carry wind powered electricity from southwest Kansas through Missouri and to Illinois. The six public “scoping meetings” will focus on the project’s Environmental Impact Statement. They will be held in …
New Mexico and Texas wind farms sold by EDF Renewables to Canadian company
EDF Renewables North America announced it has sold majority ownership of five wind farms in Texas and New Mexico. Canadian-based Boralex acquired EDF Renewables’ 50-percent ownership in the projects totaling 447 megawatts. EDF Renewables put into service all five projects totaling 894 MW with commissioning dates between 2014 and 2015. The sale of assets …
Renewables can’t provide enough power for Kansas
Legislators in Oklahoma made the same argument last year when a February winter storm paralyzed the Midwest, leaving many states dealing with rolling electrical blackouts. The Wichita Eagle reports that some experts now agree—-wind power isn’t a stand-alone energy provider for the state of Kansas. Click here for Wichita Eagle
Missouri’s new cash crop—renewable energy?
The head of an organization promoting renewable energy says Missouri cooperatives fighting such investments are wrong. James Owen is executive director of Renew Missouri and wrote in the Springfield News-Leader that renewable energy could become Missouri’s new reliable cash crop. Click here for Springfield News-Leader
Texas solar and wind power will outpace natural gas in 2023
The government predicts most of the electricity generated in 2023 in Texas will be from from solar and wind power and not natural gas or coal. The U.S. Energy Information Administration made the declaration in its short-term energy outlook report released Tuesday. Click here for The Week
Texas organization takes on wind industry
An oil and gas group based in Austin, Texas is making a national name for itself, fighting wind farms off the east coast of the U.S. and planned wind mills in the Gulf of Mexico. The Texas Public Policy Foundation, backed by oil and gas companies and Republican donors is behind efforts to stall …
Geography explains Oklahoma’s strong wind power presence
There’s a reason why Oklahoma is among the top-wind power states in the country. Its geographical location. The U.S. Energy Information Administration, in a report issued this week showed how the Lower Plains region of Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas and New Mexico has the largest share of U.S. wind capacity at 44% as of August …
School districts to suffer from Supreme Court tax credit ruling
The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling against the use of federal production tax credits used on construction of wind and solar farms, a story first reported in October by OK Energy Today, will apparently have a big impact on school districts across the state. NonDoc reported it will mean a reduction in valuation in school …
Enel plans billions in liquidation but not in Oklahoma
Enel, the European-based parent company of Enel Green Power, a firm that is the third largest wind farm operator in Oklahoma confirmed it plans to sell more than $21 billion in assets to reduce its growing debt. However, the intended liquidation did not involve any of its Oklahoma holdings. The company, based in Italy, …