** Exxon Mobil Corp. said the prospect of the world reaching net zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050 is “highly unlikely” due to the drop in living standards that would come with such a scenario. The Texas oil giant made the comments in a regulatory filing that argued against proxy adviser Glass Lewis’ view that …
Category: Wind Energy
Major power line project wins final approval in New Mexico
The U.S. Interior Department formally signed off on a 250-mile multi-billion dollar transmission line that will carry wind-powered electricity from New Mexico to big cities in the West. The department approved the SunZia project that has been a decade in the making. Approval would have been earlier but in 2021, a new application had …
Brief energy stories
** Remember SamBrinton, the former senior Energy Department non-binary? He’s been arrested again, this time as a “fugitive from justice” by police in Maryland. ** The United States should develop its own clean energy supply “soup to nuts” — but that doesn’t mean banning Chinese products, a top Biden administration official said Thursday. At POLITICO’s first-ever energy …
NextEra plans to sell oil and gas operations in Texas and Pennsylvania
NextEra Energy Partners LP, the company known in Oklahoma for its wind farm developments, says it’s planning to sell its STX Texas midstream assets in the Eagle Ford Shale and Pennsylvania’s Meade natural gas pipeline. The company wants to streamline finances and become more of a fully renewables-based company according to John Ketchum, NextEra’s …
Shell expands renewable energy acquisitions with New Mexico wind power purchase
Oil and gas giant Shell plans to buy renewable power from a New Mexico windfarm. The SunZia windfarm built by Pattern Energy is located in Lincoln, Torrance and San Miguel counties. The purchase by the British multinational oil major is a continuation of its expansion of the acquisition of solar and wind power reported the …
Energy briefs from the US and the world
** At least three Democratic lawmakers are criticizing the Biden administration’s tax credit guidance for domestic manufacturing incentives, with some saying it could give leeway for Chinese solar parts. Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) released statements in recent days criticizing the guidance that was released on Friday. ** The U.S. …
Apex Clean Energy to develop energy storage sites in Texas
Apex Clean Energy, the company known in Oklahoma for its wind farm developments over the past several years, now plans to build two battery storage systems in Texas. The projects will add nearly 200 MG of energy to the state’s ERCOT grid by using the Centipede Platform and StackOS battery management system provided by …
2-mile wind tower setback proposed in one Iowa County
A county in Iowa has proposed wind turbine setbacks of up to two miles from the nearest residences. It’s in Woodbury County where the board of supervisors is considering revising the setback requirement, increasing it from the current 600 feet to 2 miles. As KCAU reported, some residents think 2 miles is still not …
Texas ranchers sue ERCOT over Chinese billionaire’s ties to wind farm
Two West Texas ranches are suing ERCOT over a wind farm project that had connections to a billionaire in communist China. Texas attorney Dallas J. Barrington filed a lawsuit on behalf of Ward-Walker Seven Oaks Ranch and Cole Ranch against the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), GH America Investments Group (GHA), GH America Energy, and Greenalia Wind Power …
Studies show wind farms raise temperatures
While green energy advocates push for an expansion of wind and solar farm projects, it appears they are caught in the old Catch 22 of renewable energy. Studies over the past several years have shown that the existence of wind farms actually does more to increase temperatures, adding to global warming. With the development …
