** Atlanta overtakes northern Virginia as a hotspot for data center construction, with 2,160 MW worth of development underway in the Georgia metro area. ** As GOP Congress members push to revoke the Biden administration’s ban on offshore drilling, Florida Republicans say they still don’t want drilling off their coast. ** The Trump administration announces …
Category: Wind Energy
Osage County wind farm granted stay as it fights demolition order
The more than 80 wind turbines in Osage County ordered demolished by a federal judge will remain for a while after a federal court granted a stay in the order. Osage Wind, LLC, a subsidiary of Enel Green Power North America sought the stay following a judge’s ruling last year. The company is appealing …
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** Ontario Premier Doug Ford said on Monday that he would block energy exports to the United States “with a smile” if U.S. President Donald Trump moved ahead with plans for a 25 percent tariff on Canadian goods. ** In response to the likelihood of the current Trump administration increasing tariffs across the board, the Solar Energy Industries Association …
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** Still on hold: Arkansas has halted its $54.1 million build-out of electric vehicle charging stations after the Trump administration froze federal funding. ** The Greek shipping company Eurobulk has been hit with a $1.1 million fine by a Texas judge after the company pleaded guilty to illegally discharging oily bilge water from one of its vessels. ** …
Attorney General heard complaints of anti-wind and solar farm groups
The anti-wind and solar farm movement in Oklahoma along with growning opposition to electric transmission lines apparently resonated with Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond. He had been among state leaders that some of the groups formed to combat eminent domain for transmission lines and renewable energy farms had targeted to support their efforts. Drummond …
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** Diamondback Energy Inc. is in talks to form a power joint venture that would solve some of the shale giant’s own needs in the Permian Basin while also selling electricity to artificial intelligence data centers in West Texas. ** Holtec International, the Florida-based company seeking to bring back online the decommissioned Palisades nuclear power plant …
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** Researchers at The Ohio State University have developed a battery that can convert nuclear waste into electricity. This innovative technology utilizes ambient gamma radiation from spent nuclear fuel to power electronics and offers a cleaner and more efficient energy source. ** Donald Trump’s freshly appointed Environmental Protection Agency chief is trying to seize $2 billion in …
Wind turbine tower collapses in northern Oklahoma
What brought down a wind turbine in northern Oklahoma? It’s a question under investigation near the Kay County town of Kildare where the monster wind tower collapsed into a heap. The collapse was felt by residents two miles from the scene. Click here for KFOR TV News
Biggest renewable energy project in Kansas is located at Fort Riley
Fort Riley, Kansas, home to the Big Red One, is also home to one of the largest renewable energy projects in the state of Kansas. Onyx Renewables announced completion of Phase 3 of its onsite solar energy project at the large Army post. The total installed solar capacity at the military garrison now exceeds 16 …
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** President Donald Trump is calling for an audit that could kill California’s high-speed rail proposal, which has been around for nearly two decades and has made very little progress. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy secretary wants to investigate if there were any shady business dealings tied with the rail project’s failure so far. ** Federal energy …