** The US announced new sanctions on entities and people securing machinery for Iran’s defense. The move is meant to weaken Iran’s military amid the conflict, and comes as countries warn Iran is close to developing a nuclear weapon after it increased its production of near weapons-grade uranium. ** A team of chemical engineers at …
Category: Wind Energy
Cushing wind blade recycling center denied permit
Opponents of a storage of outdated wind turbine blades that appeared in Cushing are proclaiming victory after the Cushing City Planning Commission recommended Thursday the operation be denied a request for a conditional use permit. “WE GOT IT SHUT DOWN!!!,” they proclaimed on social media following the 5-0 vote by planning commissioners. Reports indicated …
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** Hunters are up in arms over potential federal public land sales included in a U.S. Senate budget bill. Prominent groups like the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Wyoming’s Muley Fanatic Foundation, and The Boone And Crockett Club all blasted the proposal. ** Europe will need to step up its role in space as NASA’s budget …
Corporation Commissioners face headon challenge of increased electricity demand
Demand for electricity. It’s reported nationwide and is growing quickly across Oklahoma and was the focus Wednesday of a nearly two-hour discussion and presentation by representatives of the Southwest Power Pool, Public Service Company of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company and the Corporation Commission. “Energy demands are growing,” explained Paul Suskie, an Executive …
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** The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear a bid by Chevron, Exxon Mobil and other oil and gas companies to have lawsuits brought by two Louisiana localities accusing them of harming the state’s coast over a period of decades moved out of state court and into federal court. ** A cosmic particle …
Possible change in phaseout of wind/solar subsidies
Wind and solar energy industries would still be targeted for elimination of tax subsidies but not hydropower, nuclear and geothermal energy under a bill unveiled this week by a Senate Committee. The Senate Finance Committee, of which Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford is a member, came out with a draft bill being circulated …
Fossil fuels still dominant source for electrical production around the globe
While Oklahoma deals with increased demand for electricity production, more data center announcements and opposition to wind and solar energy projects, the world is seeing an increase in total electricity generation. A report from the International Energy Agency through the OECD or Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development, shows fossil fuels remain the largest source …
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** After five years of aggressive legal maneuvering, Georgia Power has lost its battle to stop Nestlé Purina from choosing a different Georgia utility that could deliver better renewable energy options to its factory. ** Anti-wind power advocates urge the Trump administration to rescind a $426 million federal grant aimed at upgrading a northern California …
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** A federal court upholds the Biden administration’s approval of the Willow drilling project in Alaska and allows construction to continue, but orders the federal Bureau of Land Management to address a flaw in its environmental review. ** A federal oil and gas lease sale in Wyoming nets $7.7 million, which an industry insider described …
Scott Mitchell talks energy with Jerry Bohnen—a focus on opposition arising to energy projects
Scott Mitchell talks energy with Jerry Bohnen and in today’s podcast, it’s a discussion of friction created by restricted supply and increased demand for energy everywhere. What’s the impact on Oklahoma? It’s the thread running through our conversation in this episode.