The first phase of what is expected to be the country’s largest renewable energy project of its kind should be completed next year in northern Oklahoma. NextEra Energy Resources is planning not only the 250 megawatt Skeleton Creek wind farm but a solar panel farm and a battery storage project as well. The …
The American Wind Energy Association presented its 2020 Wind Champion Award to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham in an online forum that highlighted New Mexico’s progress in building wind-generation across the state. The award and forum, which included the governor and executives from several wind development companies, were part of the national association’s “American Wind …
The sale price wasn’t disclosed but Apex Clean Energy has announced the sale of one of its Texas wind farms to an unnamed buyer. The project in question is the White Mesa Wind farm located in Crockett County, Texas which is located southwest of San Angelo, Texas. White Mesa is still under construction and …
A Wichita Falls, Texas wind manufacturer is one of eight receiving federal funding from the federal government for wind development research. Carter Wind Turbines received two awards from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory and its Competitiveness Improvement Project. The laboratory with funding from DOE’s Wind Energy Technologies Office works with …
The fight between a wind farm operator who wants to build near Hutchinson Kansas and Reno County is far from over after a district judge ruled the lawsuit against the county can proceed. Reno County District Judge Tim Chambers issued an order denying a motion by Pretty Prairie Wind for an immediate appeal on an earlier …
A political fight is developing in Iowa where state regulators are in the processing of expanding their authority to surrender private property for wind energy developments. Radio Iowa reports that three Republican members of a key committee plan to block the intentions of the Iowa Utilities Board. Some Iowa counties have passed local zoning …
Michigan-based Consumers Energy’s parent company has become a majority owner of Aviator Wind, a 525-megawatt wind energy farm in central Texas. The project will create electrical power for Facebook and McDonald’s. CMS Energy purchased 51% ownership in Aviator Wind, a 525-megawatt wind energy farm in central Texas, according to a Thursday, July 30 news …
A proposed wind farm near Hutchinson, Kansas, one opposed by many residents is facing more scrutiny and possible restrictive rules and regulations that could be imposed by Reno County authorities. The Hutchinson News reported that the county Planning Commission in a recent meeting considered limits on noise and even shadow flicker in determining how …
The moratorium that one county in North Dakota has in effect for wind farm permits will continue following action by commissioners this past week. It is in Mercer County where the commissioners want their planning and zoning board to take a closer look at the county’s wind farm policies. As the Bismarck Tribune report, …
American Electric Power’s Oklahoma-based wind-power project designed to provide electricity in Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas suffered a setback when regulators in Texas rejected the project. The Public Utility Commission of Texas has rejected a plan by AEP Southwestern Electric Power Co. to add 810 megawatts of wind energy. While the commission rejected the proposal, the …
