Category: Wind Energy

Coal plants still supply significant amounts of electricity in SPP

  A report shows coal remains a strong source of fuel for plants to provide electricity to the 14 states that comprise the Southwest Power Pool. A recent report from the SPP indicated coal was used more than wind in the third quarter. Gas fueled 33.9% of the electricity for Oklahoma and the 13 other …

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** NOV Inc. hold a conference call to discuss its fourth quarter and full year 2024 results on Wednesday, February 5, 2025, at 10 a.m. (Central Time). NOV will issue a press release with the Company’s results after the market closes for trading on Tuesday, February 4, 2025. The call will be webcast live on …

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** President-elect Donald Trump is set to overturn a ban on some US exports of liquefied natural gas, or LNG, in a boon for US energy producers. ** –Hyliion Holdings Corp., an Austin, Texas developer of sustainable electricity-producing technology, announced it has been awarded a $6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Methane …

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Scott Mitchell’s Christmas podcast with Jerry Bohnen

  We’re not Scrooge for Christmas, it’s just that in forms of energy gifts, we talk about growing opposition to transmission lines, wind and more corporation commission dramas.  

Enel Green Power to fight judge’s order to remove wind turbines

      Green power company, Enel Green Power plans on appealing a federal judge’s ruling ordering Enel to remove 84 wind turbines built without permission in Osage County. The judge gave the company one year to remove the turbines, a move that Enel estimates will cost $300 million. “Although we respect the decision of …

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Government predicts data centers to consume more electricity

    The growth of data centers and AI across the U.S. will result in their increased demand for electricity in the next few years and the Department of Energy predicts it will triple by 2028. It also claims renewable energy will be able to meet the demand. Demand already tripled in the past decade …

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** Environmental groups file a lawsuit accusing California regulators of failing to assess or alleviate potential environmental impacts of increased biofuel use expected under updates to the state’s low-carbon fuel standard. ** For the first time in U.S. history, wind and solar generated more electricity than coal during the first 11 months of 2024, according to data from a …

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Judge orders Enel Green to remove Osage County wind farm

  Not only did a Tulsa federal judge rule this week that Enel Green Power has to remove 84 wind towers it installed years ago on Osage land in northeast Oklahoma, the firm and two of its subsidiaries owe more than $36 million in attorney fees. This is the case where the Osage Minerals Council …

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Grain Belt transmission line moves ahead

    When the Biden administration’s Department of Energy announced this week the cancellation of controversial transmission corridors in Oklahoma and Kansas, it also removed the proposed Grain Belt Express from the federal program offering assistance for power infrastructure projects. The Grain Belt Express, another Invenergy project, is aimed at connecting four states across 800 …

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Energy briefs

** Kinder Morgan (KMI) reached a final investment decision (FID) Dec. 19 for its $1.4 billion Mississippi Crossing Project (MSX), as the company pushes forward with plans to move more natural gas to the Southeast. MSX will be a 206-mile, 42- and 36-inch pipeline with an initial capacity of up to 1.5 Bcf/d of natural gas, reported …

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