One company thinks it found a way to recycle wind turbine blades, which prior to now, landed in the landfill. Blades normally have a lifespan of about 20 years so that means many of the wind farms in Oklahoma are facing a major challenge of not only replacing the old with the new, but …
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Energy briefs
** The Biden administration announced Friday it’s purchasing 6 million more barrels of crude oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve as it continues to slowly refill the emergency stockpile. ** California state air regulators and truck and engine manufacturers said on Thursday they had reached an agreement on state emissions rules that will give companies …
Amazon announces more renewable energy sources
Amazon is spreading its global renewable energy portfolio and recently reached 30 solar and wind projects in the southeastern US including two more solar farms in Arkansas. With five new solar and wind projects, Amazon expects to generate more than 7,500GWh once fully operational. It was last fall when two new solar energy projects …
Energy updates
** Tuesday marked the Earth’s hottest day ever recorded, according to the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute. Worldwide temperatures on July 4averaged 62.92 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the institute, which extrapolated from more than 40 decades of data from the U.S. National Centers for Climate Prediction. ** A new federal study estimates that toxic …
Energy headlines
** McKinsey & Co. joined the growing chorus warning that metals considered key to the clean-energy transition face shortages in coming years, potentially suppressing the adoption of electric cars, wind turbines and solar panels. ** US factory activity contracted for an eighth month in June, slipping to the weakest level in more than three years …
Fourth Oklahoma wind farm to supply SWEPCO customers in Arkansas and Louisiana
With three wind farms in north-central Oklahoma already delivering renewable energy to Southwestern Electric Power company’s customers in Louisiana and Arkansas, a fourth is soon being added. The Wagon Wheel, a 598.4 MW wind facility located in Garfield, Kingfisher, Logan, Payne, and Noble counties in Oklahoma was one of three renewable energy projects to be …
Wind turbine maker faces tough times ahead this year
Siemens Gamesa, the wind power company with wind turbines scattered across Oklahoma and production plants in Hutchinson, Kansas and Iowa warned investors there will be big economic losses this year. Christian Bruch, CEO and President of Siemens Energy, and Chairman of Siemens Gamesa recently told analysts the turnaround for Siemens Energy would not be …
Energy headlines
** A U.S. judge on Monday signaled he was prepared to go ahead with selling Venezuela-owned oil refiner Citgo Petroleum’s assets to satisfy creditor claims while pushing back against one of Venezuela’s key objections. ** The auto industry’s largest lobbying group said an EPA plan to electrify American vehicles is “neither reasonable nor achievable in …
Fast reads
** Lordstown Motors filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday, put itself up for sale, and announced a lawsuit against Foxconn, accusing its biggest shareholder and former partner of setting out to “destroy” its business. The electric vehicle maker, which specializes in pick-up trucks, made a Chapter 11 filing in a Delaware court while simultaneously starting legal action against Foxconn. ** …
Wind and solar power beat coal for electricity production
All of those wind farms in Oklahoma helped generate more electricity than coal for the first time ever in the U.S. according to new federal information. E&E News recently reported coal lost out to wind and solar power. Together, the two renewable energy sources produced a combined 252 terawatt-hours in the first five months …