Oklahoma Wind Coalition Director Mark Yates says despite some rough times in this year’s legislative session as legislators targeted the wind industry with more negative efforts, all in all, the session turned out fine for wind farm operators. It’s what he told Ron Hays at the Oklahoma Farm Report, explaining it was “a good learning experience …
Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy, the company with wind farm operations in numerous Mid-west states and transmission lines in Oklahoma claims it is a step closer to achieving its carbon-reduction goals. The company announced this week it cut carbon emissions 35 percent and is on track to reach or exceed its goal of reducing carbon emissions 60 …
Oklahoma’s Osage Nation is awaiting a recommendation from the solicitor general as to whether the U.S. Supreme court will consider the tribe’s legal fight with the Osage Wind company. But it might be months before it learns if the case will be heard by the high court. The issue was not among those accepted or …
Among the numerous wind energy events coming up in the next several months is one focusing on Wind Resource and Project Energy Assessment. The annual American Wind Energy Association’s assessment conference will be held September 11 and 12 in Austin, Texas. The conference will devote time to accurate wind energy resource assessment. It is also …
Oklahoma, Texas, Iowa and California may have the largest investment of wind farm operations in the country, but reports indicate robust growth is seen in Kansas and Minnesota. While Oklahoma is moved in recent years to remove tax incentives for the wind industry, tax incentives are still important in driving developers to choose one windy …
Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter is asking the State Corporation Commission for guaranteed ratepayer protections for customers if the PSO Wind Catcher Project in the Panhandle is granted preapproval by the commission. It is his latest legal move as he continues to oppose the giant wind farm to be built near Guymon. In a filing …
Enel Green Power, operator of the Osage Wind Farm in Osage county has announced it is partnering with Osage County school districts to support educational resources in the classrooms. The partnership involves school districts at Shidler Public Schols, Woodland public schools and the Pawhuska public school district. Enel Green, described as the largest wind-farm operator …
While PSO’s been hit with opposition in two counties for its massive “Wind Catcher” wind farm and electrical transmission line across northern Oklahoma, the Arkansas Public Service Commission voted this week to determine the project is in the public interest. The $4.5 billion project is designed to carry electricity 350 miles from the Oklahoma Panhandle …
Another setback for PSO’s massive wind farm in the Panhandle called the Wind Catcher. The proposed route of the transmission line that would carry electricity from near Guymon to Tulsa and across Osage County was rejected by the Osage Nation Minerals Council. The tribe owns mineral rights to all of Osage County But council members, …
Chicago-based Transportation Partners and Logistics, the firm that started a distribution center last year in Enid now boasts of owning and operating the largest wind power component distribution center in North America. The company made the claim following the recent expansion of its location in Garden City, Kansas. It already has centers in North Dakota, …
