Two northeast Oklahoma legislators have come out in support of the controversial Wind Catcher Energy Connection Project, one that would create the largest wind farm in the U.S. State Sen. Roger Thompson of Okemah and Rep. Weldon Watson of Tulsa issued statements urging the Corporation Commission to grant preapproval of the project proposed by Public …
When wind farm developers gather late in August for the 2018 Sandia Blade workshop, of course they will be discussing the growth of turbine blades. The Department of Energy’s Sandia NationaL Laboratories Wind Energy Technologies Department workshop will be held Aug. 28-29 in Lubbock, Texas at Texas Tech University’s National Wind Institute. Wind energy professionals …
Another wind farm project built by EDF Renewables North America, a firm with a construction history in Oklahoma, has been sold. This time, in Iowa where MidAmerican Energy Company has closed on a deal to buy the assets associated with the 91-megawatt Ivester Wind Project. The project covers nearly 7,000 acres of land in Grundy …
Clean Line Energy Partners got a surprise ruling this week in which the Missouri Supreme Court said state regulators got it wrong in rejecting the company’s proposed 780 mile wind powered electric line known as the Grain Belt Express. Clean Line went to court after Missouri regulators blocked the transmission line from western Kansas and …
The U.S. Energy Department reported recently the cost of wind-generated power dropped by one-third between 2010 and 2016. The reason? Improved technology as well as better manufacturing capability. Then there is the aspect of concentration of wind farms in regions that have lower installation costs. In 2010, the capacity-weighted average cost in inflation-adjusted dollars for …
A company that already has 9 wind farms operating in Oklahoma is planning to add another just across the state line in the Texas Panhandle. Apex Clean Energy, based in Virginia, announced it will build a $1.2 billion dollar wind farm north of Amarillo. It will consist of two projects that will create 400 megawatts …
Xcel Energy is moving quickly ahead on its massive wind farm expansion in far West Texas and southeast New Mexico. The company finalized its purchase this week of the Hale Wind project from NextEra Energy Resources near Plainview, Texas. It means Xcel will be able to start construction of the new project that will span …
The Canadian company we told you had decided against building two wind farms because the Air Force objected to their location near Sheppard Air Force base in Wichita Falls, Texas now has totally dropped the projects. Innergex Renewable Energy, the firm headquartered in Quebec has officially removed the proposed wind farms near Byers and Bluegrove …
Oklahoma legislators who have supported the wind industry received tens of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from the American Wind action, an advocacy group for the wind industry. The money came as they campaigned for the June 26 primary election. In all, the AWA reported spending $178,693 in support of friendly legislators including $30,035 …
A Canadian-based wind industry operator has pulled out of a potential fight with the Air Force over locating a proposed wind farm near the Sheppard Air Force base in Wichita Falls, Texas. Innergex, headquartered in Quebec had originally planned for construction of wind farms near Byers and Bluegrove, Texas. Now it has backed out of …
