An anticipated vote on a proposed anti-wind measure did not happen Tuesday in the Oklahoma House. SB 888 by Senator Josh Brecheen and Rep. Jeff Coody was on the agenda but no vote was taken either during the morning session and the afternoon session of the House. The measure is opposed by the Oklahoma Wind …
The American Wind Energy Association’s fourth quarter 2017 market report on wind farm construction in the U.S. shows Oklahoma remains number two nationally, behind only Texas. The industry installed 4,125 megawatts of new wind capacity from 29 new wind projects in 16 states in the fourth quarter of 2017. Texas led with 1,179 MW …
A new market report from the American Wind Energy Association shows Tradewind Energy, a firm based in Lenexa, Kansas was ranked number one nationally for 2017 wind energy developed and installed. The U.S. Wind Industry 2017 Market Report said Tradewind, one of the largest independent wind and solar project development companies in the nation, developed …
Last week, the head of the Oklahoma Wind Coalition said the industry was at a breaking point as the Oklahoma legislature prepared to hit it again with another law. And he charged that the state once again was going back on its word and breaking an agreement. The State House on Tuesday is prepared to …
A bill targeting Oklahoma’s wind industry is set to be brought up in the Oklahoma House on Tuesday, prompting one wind industry spokesman to issue a call to arms by rural Oklahomans saying they will be the ones harmed if the measure becomes law. “We are at the breaking point now with the wind industry,” …
Enel Green Power officially opened its Red Dirt wind farm near Hennessey this week with an Open Plant event attended by 120 people. Located in Kingfisher and Logan Counties, the wind farm consists of 95 wind turbines across 60,000 acres of land. Red Dirt has power purchase agreements with T-Mobile US, Inc. and the Grand …
A Spanish company with a handful of wind farms in Oklahoma has announced plans to build a $200 million wind farm in Texas. The new Palmas Altas by ACCION Energia will be located near Brownsville and close to the San Roman wind farm that powered up more than two years ago. ACCION said the newest …
The Oklahoma Chapter of the Sierra Club is critical of some anti-wind bills floating through the legislature. “This legislative session has been a doozy,” said Chapter Director Johnson Bridgwater in an email alert to followers. “While many attacks against the wind industry have been defeated, there are still a few bad bills making their way …
A federal lawsuit filed by an environmental group against a wind energy company and two wind farms it wants to build near Hinton has been dismissed in Oklahoma City U.S. District Court. But a lawsuit, re-filed last year by Minco Wind IV LLC and Minco V LLC against the city of Hinton is moving forward …
The state’s wind industry is coming under more restrictions following the State Senate approval of a bill this week. House Bill 3561 was passed on a 45-0 vote on Wednesday and is intended to keep wind farms from encroaching on the mission areas of military bases. Senate Pro Tempore Mike Schulz is the author of …
