OSHA and the Garfield County Sheriff’s office are investigating the death of a worker who fell 80 feet from a wind turbine near Enid. It was Tuesday night when the incident occurred in the area of 150th and Phillips road near Enid. The name of the worker has not been released. Garfield County …
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** The proposed Constitution pipeline that would carry natural gas from Pennsylvania to New York would not help lower energy prices in New England, despite claims made by U.S. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin in a recent opinion piece. ** Houston-based oilfield services company Baker Hughes sees its income rise amid falling prices and slowed drilling …
Data Centers want continued government subsidies
As the data center boom grows across the country, including in Oklahoma and adjacent states, the industry is pushing for more help from the government in order to ensure there is available electrical power. The industry’s group, called the Data Center Coalition, is asking Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to continue with rules covering …
Wind farm on public lands voted down by Oklahoma School Land Commission
With Woodward County Commissioners campaigning against the project, the Oklahoma Land Commission voted 2-1 to kill a possible wind farm on school land in Woodward County. The Land Commission is comprised of Gov. Kevin Stitt, Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell, Byrd, Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters and the President of the Board of Agriculture …
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** U.S. liquefied natural gas exports have reached record levels, driven by strong demand from both domestic industrial consumers and European buyers. Despite increasing natural gas production, the growth of U.S. LNG exports is threatened by insufficient pipeline capacity to transport gas to liquefaction facilities reports OilPrice.com. ** Colorado has become the first state to …
Senator says Trump administration’s cancellation of $5 billion Grain Belt loan was “illegal”
One New Mexico U.S. Senator complains the President’s recent cancellation of a nearly $5 billion loan for the Grain Belt Express power-line project from Kansas to Illinois was illegal. Sen. Martin Heinrich also contends the Energy Department’s move to call off the $4.9 billion loan to Invenergy will only erode the private sector’s already …
Wind turbine blade carried by truck a mile and a half in reverse
Interesting development occurred recently in southern Kansas where a truck towing a wind turbine blade could not make a tight turn. It was in the southern townof Sedan and the driver, according to KSNW TV News, tried several times to make the turn but couldn’t. Sedan Police, in a social media posting explained what …
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** One of the largest solar-and-storage power generating facilities in the U.S. has come online in Southern California, immediately providing 7% of all of L.A.’s power needs, the Los Angeles Times reported. With the plant’s opening, 64% of the city’s power now comes from renewable sources. ** A U.S. district judge on Friday denied the latest …
Proposed wind farm on state school land opposed by Woodward County Commissioners
A proposal by the Oklahoma Commissioners of Land to consider allowing a wind turbine farm on state-owned land could run into a buzz saw come Monday morning. Woodward County Commissioners are so much against the idea, they cancelled their regular Monday meeting and intend to be on hand when the Land Commission takes …
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