** Sunoco and Canada-based Parkland Corp. announced an agreement May 5 in which Sunoco will acquire all outstanding shares of Parkland for about US$9.1 billion (CA$12.56). The deal, which includes assumed debt, positions Sunoco for expanded operations across a larger service area. ** Seventy-two of Indiana’s 92 counties have a moratorium or ban on utility-scale renewable energy …
Category: Wind Energy
Grassley isn’t afraid to defend Iowa’s wind industry following attacks by President Trump
While President Trump has attacked the nation’s wind industry, his attacks have drawn a rebuke from Iowa U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley. The Republican Senator came out recently in defense of the wind industry in his home state after the President told a rally in Michigan, “You know what I don’t give approval to, …
Scott Mitchell talks energy with Jerry Bohnen—falling oil prices and why the state sided with a wind farm operator
Scott Mitchell talks energy with Jerry Bohnen about falling crude oil prices, rising gasoline prices and much more. Plus, Oklahoma’s reason to side with a wind farm.
Oklahoma joins fight against immediate destruction of wind farm opposed by Osage Nation
The state of Oklahoma is siding with wind farm developer Enel in its fight with the Osage Indian tribe following a federal judge’s ruling last year that the renewable energy company should tear down the 84 wind turbines it constructed several years ago in Osage County. The construction led to a 10-year legal battle …
Energy briefs
** A Utah couple living in a 27,000 square foot mansion have been arrested on federal charges of running a $300 million money-laundering scheme and allegedly smuggling crude oil from Mexico. ** U.S. President Donald Trump said all purchases of Iranian oil or petrochemical products must stop and any country or person buying any from …
Energy briefs
** Crews rush to contain an oil spill in Louisiana marshes that’s already released more than 23,000 gallons of crude oil, although the exact amount remains unknown. ** Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy asserted on Wednesday that “people will lose their lives” unless the United States invests in a new air traffic control system. He aised extreme concerns …
Energy briefs
** Vaquero Midstream, a natural gas gathering and processing midstream company operating in the Delaware Basin, announced plans for two major system expansion projects – a new 70-mile 24-inch high-pressure pipeline loop and a 200 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) cryogenic processing plant to increase Vaquero’s gathering capabilities from the state line area down …
Wind farm opponents circulate study
Opponents of a proposed wind farm near Arcadia are disseminating a study about the proposal. The study, launched in 2017 by the Southwest Power Pool grid and not conducted until 2023 determined the connections necessary to provide electrical power would cost $13.5 million. Click here for News 9
Texas legislators push more restrictions on state’s renewable energy projects
Just as Oklahoma legislators move forward with restrictions on the renewable energy industry, Texas legislators are doing the same. And they are advancing such legislation to create the new restrictions. One report indicated legislation proposed by a state Senator would test the renewable energy industry to maintain the momentum seen by Texas over the past …
Energy briefs
** Three Bechtel construction workers died April 29 in an incident involving a concrete scaffolding at Sempra Energy’s Port Arthur LNG construction site, Bechtel confirmed in an announcement posted Tuesday. ** Major automakers want Congress to bar California’s landmark plan to end the sale of gasoline-only vehicles by 2035 that has been adopted by 11 …