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 …
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 …
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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** 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 …
SWEPCO’s Oklahoma wind farm won’t be operational for another year
Even as a major wind farm project is under construction in northern Oklahoma by Southwestern Electric Power Co. of Shreveport, Louisiana, the utility is seeking regulatory approval for an expansion of other projects in Texas. With customers in Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas, SWEPCO says it will be another year before its renewable energy …
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** The Biden administration released a long-awaited report Tuesday that could make it harder for the incoming administration to expand U.S. natural gas exports — the latest attempt by President Joe Biden’s agencies to Trump-proof his legacy. ** The United States should proceed cautiously as officials consider new natural gas export terminals, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said …
Invenergy asked feds to scrap competing corridor in Oklahoma
Invenergy, the major firm behind the other large electrical transmission line proposed to run across northern Oklahoma confirmed it had asked the Energy Department to withdraw the Delta Plains Corridor from the drawing boards. In a recent statement, Invenergy stated, “Invenergy requested that the U.S. Department of Energy withdraw the corridor designation in Oklahoma, …
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** An Enbridge pipeline leaked 70,000 gallons of oil last month in southeastern Wisconsin, the worst oil spill in the state’s history. ** Sources say the U.S. EPA plans to allow California to implement stronger-than-federal auto emissions rules and to enforce its ban on new gasoline car sales by 2035, but the U.S. Supreme Court voted to consider an …