Enel Green Power’s largest renewable energy project in the world is now operational in southwest Kansas, site of the Cimarron Bend wind farm in Clark County. The site is just north of the Oklahoma state line and has a generation capacity of 599 MW with the capability of generating more than 2.7 terrawatt-hours of …
EDF Renewables, a San Diego based company that already put wind and solar projects in Oklahoma into operation announced the start of commercial operations of its latest project in North Dakota. The company said the 150-megawatt Merricourt Wind Project achieved commercial operation and was turned over to Otter Tail Power Company, a subsidiary of …
The Diamond Spring wind farm operation in southern Oklahoma, developed by Minnesota-based ALLETE Clean Energy has started commercial operations providing electrical power for three major corporations. ALLETE announced the 303-megawatt farm located nearly 25 miles northeast of Ardmore and in Murray, Johnson and Pontotoc Counties started providing renewable energy to Walmart, Smithfield Foods and …
New Mexico’s largest wind project is now on line. Xcel Energy’s Sagamore Wind Farm covers 156 square miles and is located 17 miles south of Portales in the eastern part of the state. An online event with Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich was held this week in celebration of …
Apex Clean Energy, the part operator and developer of at least 8 wind farms in Oklahoma has secured $200 million more in refinancing. The Virginia-based company secured a loan from a family office investor group led by ZOMA Capital and PLEXUS Solutions. ZOMA Capital is Colorado-based and PLEXUS is headquartered in New York and …
The country’s latest wind project to go operational is the Mountain Breeze Wind Farm in northern Colorado’s Weld County, home to a lot of oil and gas drilling operations. Leeward Renewable Energy, LLC based in Dallas announced the farm had reached commercial operation and it had closed the funding under its tax equity financing …
A 74-turbine wind farm in northern Oklahoma is nearing completion near Newkirk. Duke Energy Renewables announced this week only 16 towers of the Frontier II wind farm remain to be finished before electricity is produced from the Kay County operation. Frontier II is an extension of Frontier Windpower which has been operational since 2016. …
When it comes to growth in wind power, Oklahoma and Texas could be on their way to creating a record-breaking year across the U.S. A report by Renewables Now indicated Texas still had the most wind turbine capacity of all states with 29.1 GW in place as of August this year. The state is …
A northern Colorado manufacturer of composite materials for wind turbines shut down operations this month. Hexcel Corp. closed the plant in Windsor and the impact of COVID-19 might have played a role. The Greeley Tribune reported the announcement came as nationwide wind turbine sales dropped more than 40%. Click here for the Greeley Tribune …
Environmentalists and advocates of renewable energy usually have the support of Democrat voters in the U.S. but that wasn’t the case this week when it came to voting for President. Wind Power Monthly reported Oklahoma along with Texas, Iowa and Kansas—the top four U.S. states for wind power capacity case their majority votes for President …
