The fight against eminent domain and the construction of the Grain Belt Express power line across Missouri is headed to the Missouri state senate. The Senate’s Majority leader is predicting approval of a bill to curtail use of eminent domain to finish building the power line to carry wind-generated electricity from southwest Kansas to …
Category: Wind Energy
Strong winds resulted in Southwest Power Pool wind energy records
Those strong winds that whipped across Oklahoma and Kansas this week did more than stir up some massive and damaging wildfires—they also helped Southwest Power Pool set multiple renewable records on March 28 and 29. The Power Pool, of which Oklahoma is a member set a renewable energy penetration record of 90.2% beating the …
Enel Green Power breaks ground on 13th wind farm in Oklahoma
Oklahoma is getting yet another wind farm. Enel Green Power North America broke ground this week on its Seven Cowboy wind farm located in Washita and Kiowa counties in the southwestern part of the state. The 300-MW wind park near Sentinel will be Enel Green’s 13th project in Oklahoma and should be operational by …
More energy headlines
** Environmental activists say Chevron CEO Michael Wirth and lead director Ronald Sugar haven’t done enough on climate change and hope to have them voted out at the company’s shareholder meeting in May. ** Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee vetoed sections of an energy bill that would have given Eastern Washington residents more input and a broader, …
Wind power growth in Texas presents a problem
The fast-growing wind industry in Texas gives the state an even bigger boost in being the number one wind-powered state in the country, but it also raises a power problem and challenge for Texas. A new study by researchers at Houston’s Rice University showed the growth in wind power also revealed the state’s energy grid is …
Traverse wind farm now serving PSO customers
Traverse, the largest wind farm built at one time in North America and one of three new wind facilities providing clean energy to Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO) customers, has begun commercial operations. The Tulsa-based company announced Monday the start of operations for the 998-megawatt wind farm operation in Blaine and Custer Counties. Traverse is …
Kansas legislators don’t want to end wind subsidy program
Another effort to eliminate subsidies for the Kansas wind industry failed in a state Senate committee in the past week. State Sen. Mike Thompson of Shawnee says the industry no longer needs the subsidies because it is now well established reported the Kansas Reflector. Click here for Kansas Reflector
Headlines of other energy stories
** Lawyers from ClientEarth, a Shell shareholder, are seeking to hold the oil and gas giant’s 13 directors personally liable for what failing to adequately prepare for the global shift to a low-carbon economy. ** Intel plans to invest up to $89 billion over the next decade to build up Europe’s supply chain for semiconductors according to CNN Business. ** The …
New transmission line proposed for SE Kansas and SW Missouri
A plan is being presented for construction of a 94-mile power line to provide electricity in southeast Kansas and southwest Missouri. Both the Kansas Corporation Commission and the Missouri Public Service Commission must approve the 345-kilovolt transmission line proposed by NextEra Energy reported KSNF. Click here for KSNF
Wind tower collapse under investigation
The collapse of a wind tower in Wyoming is under investigation near Cheyenne. The probe is being carried out by Duke Energy and according to the Cowboy State Daily, such a collapse is considered to be “very rare.” Click here for Cowboy State Daily.