Enel Green Power North America has made a long-term power purchase agreement for another of its Oklahoma wind farm operations currently under construction. The company announced Wednesday that it and Wellington Management agreed to terms for a 10-year virtual power purchase agreement for an 11 MW portion of the energy delivered to the grid by …
Category: Wind Energy
Firm illegally stores hundreds of old wind turbine blades in Iowa
Iowa’s environmental regulators are asking their state attorney general to investigate an out-of-state wind turbine manufacturer for illegally storing hundreds of wind turbine blades in three Iowa towns. The Iowa Capital Dispatch reported the firm, Global Fiberglass Solutions Inc. stored 1,300 turbines in the towns and missed deadlines to either bury them in landfills …
County leaders at McAlester support planned wind farm
A possible wind farm in southeast Oklahoma near McAlester won the support this week of Pittsburg County Commissioners. The McAlester News-Capital reported commissioners voted in support of the wind farm proposed by Red Earth Energy, Inc. Click here for McAlester News-Capital.
Entergy wants to increase wind and solar power in Arkansas
Entergy Arkansas, a major utility in the state wants to add to its electricity generating portfolio up to 300 megawatts of solar and wind capacity and do it by 2026. Click here for story from the Magnolia Reporter.
Energy news in brief
** The infrastructure deal struck by a group of bipartisan senators and President Joe Biden on Thursday includes partial funding by a proposed $6 billion sale from the U.S. emergency oil reserve, according to a document circulated by Republican lawmakers. ** About 285,000 Tesla vehicles in China will have their Autopilot software updated remotely because drivers …
Most U.S. wind capacity built since 2011 is located in the center of the country
The growth of wind farms in Oklahoma goes hand in hand with the rest of the central part of the country according to a new report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The EIA reported this week that wind capacity in the United States has increased significantly over the past decade, from 40.1 gigawatts …
Amazon becomes largest corporate buyer of renewable energy in the U.S.
Amazon has become the largest corporate buyer of renewable energy in the U.S. and the world with the addition of 14 new renewable energy projects in Arkansas and other states as well as Finland and Spain. The company said the projects will advance its ambitious goal to power 100% of its activities with renewable …
Renewable energy fight underway in New Mexico
New Mexico finds itself in the middle of a battle—one pitting renewable forces against the state’s oil and gas industry that is responsible for billions of dollars in revenue. Renewable energy supporters want the state to rid itself from being so dependent on oil and gas and to convert to solar and wind power, …
Regional wind energy production record set by Xcel Energy
Xcel Energy says it set a regional wind energy record at its new Sagamore Wind Project in New Mexico. It was a record that boosted the company’s wind energy account for more than half of the New Mexico and Texas region’s electricity supply in March. KFDA reported Xcel also reached a new hourly peak …
Why is Texas facing energy shortages again?
This week’s heat wave in Texas and resulting request by the electric grid operators for customers to conserve their electricity also raised questions about the state’s reliability on wind energy. Fox Business News reported that some Texas leaders were skeptical of a lack of any regulation for the renewable power source’s reliability and how …