A new government report shows Oklahoma is one of eleven states that generated at least 10 percent of their total electricity from wind in 2015. The U.S. Energy Information Administration reports that Oklahoma ranks fourth among the eleven states with 18 percent of its electricity coming from wind power. Iowa is ranked at the top …
Category: Wind Energy
Texas Panhandle Getting Another Wind Farm
Another big wind farm is planned for the Texas Panhandle, one to be located at 11,000 acres of land about 30 miles south of Amarillo. Falvez Energy recently closed financing on the 163-megawatt wind farm planned for Randall, Castro and Deaf Smith counties, according to a report in the Amarillo Globe. The company said the …
GWEC Report: Wind to Supply 20 Percent of Global Power by 2030
Wind power could provide nearly 20 percent of the world’s electricity supply by 2030 due to significant cost reductions and commitments by nations that pledged to curb carbon emissions, according to a report released by the Global Wind Energy Council in Beijing on Tuesday. Drastic cuts in the price of renewable energies have made wind …
WindWaste Targets Oklahoma’s Wind Industry Again
An anti-wind group based in Claremore has resumed its public fight with the wind industry, sending out mailers claiming Oklahoma is at risk to blow $5.2 billion on corporate handouts to the Wind Industry. WindWaste.com, led by the Oklahoma Property Rights Association with an address of P.O. Box 986 in Claremore urged voters, “Let’s stop writing …
Work Resumes on One of New Mexico’s Largest Wind Farms
Work has resumed on a stalled $500 million wind farm in central New Mexico. The 56,000-acre project will eventually have ore than 140 wind turbines with the capability of providing electricity to more than 200,000 homes. Billed as one of New Mexico’s largest wind farms, work on the farm by Avangrid Renewables actually began in …
Apex Promises Safe and Clean Wind Farm Following Lawsuit Victory in OKC Federal Court
Those opponents of the Apex Clean Energy wind farm near Kingfisher certainly had a different reaction from supporters after an Oklahoma City federal judge ruled against a lawsuit that wanted the operation shutdown. “We received the Court’s ruling and are pleased with the judgment being entered in favor of Kingfisher Wind,” said the company following …
Neighbors’ Nuisance Suit Dismissed Against Kingfisher Wind Farm
U.S. District Judge Timothy D. DeGiusti failed to issue a permanent injunction and dismissed a nuisance case on Thursday against an 11,000-acre wind farm located in Canadian and Kingfisher counties, according to The Oklahoman. The 149-turbine wind farm is owned by First Reserve Corp. and operated by Apex Clean Energy Inc. The lawsuit was filed …
General Electric Expands its Holdings in Wind Energy Industry
General Electric, the company that just dedicated its new oil and gas research center in Oklahoma City just agreed this week to spend $1.65 billion on wind energy. The company announced it will buy one of its suppliers of wind turbine blades from British private equity shop Doughty Hanson and Company. It’s a move that …
Enel Green Power Reaches 1 Gigawatt of Wind Capacity in Oklahoma
Enel Green Power North America says it now is producing 1 gigawatt of wind capacity in Oklahoma, and will mark the completion of its seventh and eighth wind projects by the end of the year. Enel has operated wind farms in Oklahoma since 2012 and started with the MW Rocky Ridge wind farm, according to …
Zero Emission Tax Credits to be Reviewed by State’s Evaluation Commission
The Oklahoma group tasked with reviewing tax credits and their value as the state government wrestles with dwindling revenues meets Thursday to take up the issue of the Zero Emission Tax Credit., It will be one of the main items on the latest meeting of the Incentive Evaluation Commission. The meeting agenda says thee …








