Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions recently brought its 9th Texas wind farm online providing electrical power for T-Mobile and its cellular operations. The 182 megawatt Maryneal Windpower project is located in Nolan County near Sweetwater, Texas and west of Abilene reported Wind Power Engineering Development. Click here for WPED story.
Category: Wind Energy
Anschutz Corporation moves ahead with major Wyoming wind farm
Colorado-based oil giant Anschutz Corporation is building a 732-mile direct current transmission line to carry power from its proposed Wyoming wind facility to California power users. TransWest Express LLC announced this month it had obtained nearly all of the necessary permits, permissions and partnership needed to begin seeking customers for the high voltage power line …
Dangerous wind farm to be repaired in Panhandle
Repair work could begin in a month to an Oklahoma Panhandle wind farm that was found to be in dangerous disrepair, a wind farm OK Energy Today first reported earlier in the summer. Oklahoma regulators are reviewing the plans of the KODE Novus 1 and II wind farm according to a report by The …
Wellington Management partners with Enel Green in Oklahoma wind farm power project
Enel Green Power North America has made a long-term power purchase agreement for another of its Oklahoma wind farm operations currently under construction. The company announced Wednesday that it and Wellington Management agreed to terms for a 10-year virtual power purchase agreement for an 11 MW portion of the energy delivered to the grid by …
Firm illegally stores hundreds of old wind turbine blades in Iowa
Iowa’s environmental regulators are asking their state attorney general to investigate an out-of-state wind turbine manufacturer for illegally storing hundreds of wind turbine blades in three Iowa towns. The Iowa Capital Dispatch reported the firm, Global Fiberglass Solutions Inc. stored 1,300 turbines in the towns and missed deadlines to either bury them in landfills …
County leaders at McAlester support planned wind farm
A possible wind farm in southeast Oklahoma near McAlester won the support this week of Pittsburg County Commissioners. The McAlester News-Capital reported commissioners voted in support of the wind farm proposed by Red Earth Energy, Inc. Click here for McAlester News-Capital.
Entergy wants to increase wind and solar power in Arkansas
Entergy Arkansas, a major utility in the state wants to add to its electricity generating portfolio up to 300 megawatts of solar and wind capacity and do it by 2026. Click here for story from the Magnolia Reporter.
Energy news in brief
** The infrastructure deal struck by a group of bipartisan senators and President Joe Biden on Thursday includes partial funding by a proposed $6 billion sale from the U.S. emergency oil reserve, according to a document circulated by Republican lawmakers. ** About 285,000 Tesla vehicles in China will have their Autopilot software updated remotely because drivers …
Most U.S. wind capacity built since 2011 is located in the center of the country
The growth of wind farms in Oklahoma goes hand in hand with the rest of the central part of the country according to a new report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The EIA reported this week that wind capacity in the United States has increased significantly over the past decade, from 40.1 gigawatts …
Amazon becomes largest corporate buyer of renewable energy in the U.S.
Amazon has become the largest corporate buyer of renewable energy in the U.S. and the world with the addition of 14 new renewable energy projects in Arkansas and other states as well as Finland and Spain. The company said the projects will advance its ambitious goal to power 100% of its activities with renewable …