From the Denver Post: Two large wind energy projects that would generate a combined 780 megawatts of electricity are being proposed in south-central Wyoming. The Rawlins Times reports the projects were presented to the Carbon County Commission this week by a representative of Intermountain Wind LLC. The Boulder-based firm is a consultant for BluEarth Renewables …
Category: Wind Energy
Aging wind turbines starting to require more maintenance and costs
A new study by one firm indicates the wind industry in Oklahoma and other states in the U.S. will soon start spending more on operations and maintenance than on installation of new wind turbines. That’s because the turbines are aging and the turning point will be in three years, according to a study by IHS …
Oklahoma remains No. 2 in wind power
The U.S. Department of Energy reports that the continued construction of wind-power generating stations is bringing down both the cost of building the installations and the price for wind-generated electricity. The report released Thursday shows Texas leads the nation with 22 gigawatts of wind capacity, followed by Oklahoma, Iowa, California and Kansas with each at …
American Wind Week Celebrated by Enel Green Power
Enel Green Power recently celebrated American Wind Week by hosting several officials at its Red Dirt Wind Farm and the Osage Wind Farm in Burbank. Enel focused on technology and power generation, according to a report published by The Oklahoman. Enel has invested more than $2.7 billion to build and operate 1,700 megawatts of generating …
Collapsed trailer with wind tower base causes long roadblock
A broken trailer carrying a massive base to a wind tower caused quite a road block this week in McClain County. The roadway at 76th and South Tyler was blocked for nearly 3 hours on Tuesday when the trailer collapsed. Workers were forced to find a crane large enough to move the base of the …
Oklahoma remains No. 2 in wind energy nationally
Oklahoma remains number two in the nation when it comes to wind energy capacity, according to the American Wind Energy Association’s Second Quarter 2018 Market Report released this week. Texas is far away the top wind-producing state in the nation with 23,262 megawatts of electricity while Oklahoma trails at 7,495 megawatts of electricity produced from …
Oklahoma AG says Texas regulators made right call in rejecting Wind Catcher
Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter says Texas regulators made the right call in rejecting approval of the $4.5 billion proposed Wind Catcher wind farm that prompted Public Service Company of Oklahoma to kill the project. PSO’s decision over the weekend prompted Hunter to respond by saying the Texas Public Utility Commission made a sound and …
Legislator says utility customers are losers in cancellation of Wind Catcher wind farm
State Rep. David Perryman expressed extreme disappointment in the weekend announcement by Public Service of Oklahoma that it was canceling its Wind Catcher Energy Connection Project. “Oklahoma citizens and utility customers across the southwestern U.S. are the losers with the cancellation of this project,” said Perryman, D-Chickasha and minority floor leader for the Oklahoma House …
PSO withdraws from proposed $4.5 billion Wind Catcher wind farm project
With the wind out of its sails at the hands of a Texas regulatory body, Public Service Company of Oklahoma has dropped plans to develop a $4.5 billion dollar Wind Catcher wind farm in the Oklahoma Panhandle. It would have been the largest wind farm to be constructed in the U.S. Considering the magnitude of …
Is Wind Catcher project dying?
Did someone take the wind out of the sails of PSO? In a move that some think will kill the $4.5 billion Wind Catcher wind farm in the Oklahoma Panhandle, the Texas Public Utility Commission voted Thursday to unanimously reject the project. The commissioners indicated it doesn’t offer enough benefits for ratepayers as the way …