The West Texas Panther Creek III wind farm is being repowered under a deal partnered by GE Renewable Energy and RWE Renewables. The project includes replacing a large number of the 133 wind turbine components including longer blades and the upgrading of existing gearboxes according to a report by Energy Global. The erection …
A Canadian company that operates two north Texas wind farms filed suit this week against Citigroup Inc. for denying the firm’s force majeure declarations during the historic February storm and billing it more than $100 million for replacement power. Reuters reported Shannon Wind near Henrietta, Texas and Flat Top Wind near Comanche, Texas are …
Landowners in northern Missouri press their fight against the large Grain Belt Express transmission line that will carry wind-powered electricity from southwest Kansas to Illinois. They object to the project’s use of eminent domain and urge the Missouri Senate to join the House in passing a bill to prohibit the involuntary seizing of land. …
Oklahoma ranked 33rd in the sixth annual Clean Energy Jobs Report released this week, a report that also showed for the first time a drop in the number of overall jobs in the clean energy sector. The report showed Oklahoma had 22,765 workers employed in the sector as of 2020 with 3,199 in renewables; …
A southern Oklahoma wind farm is part of tech giant Amazon’s ramp-up of its renewable energy capacity around the world. The company announced this week the addition of nine new utility-scale wind and solar energy projects including a Murray County wind farm with 118 megawatts of power. It is one of several projects in …
Texas lawmakers apparently have a fight on their hands over proposed new laws to make wind and solar farms pay for services to ensure the flow of power on the grid stays smooth and steady. Three big power companies, the biggest in the country wrote lawmakers charging that the proposed new laws would create …
Lawton will soon be home to a new wind-turbine manufacturing plant. Carter Wind Turbines based in Wichita Falls, Texas announced plans for the operation in southern Oklahoma and only a short drive from its headquarters. Lawton will be the location of a 40,000 square-foot manufacturing facility where mid-sized wind turbines will be constructed according …
Did you know? According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration— In 2020, wind supplied 35% of Oklahoma’s electricity net generation, and the state ranked third in the nation in total electricity net generation from wind. Texas produces more electricity than any other state, generating almost twice as much as Florida, the second-highest electricity-producing state. Arkansas’s nuclear power plant …
Sundance, the first of three new Oklahoma wind farms that will provide clean energy to Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO) customers, is now in service. The 199-megawatt (MW) Sundance project is located northwest of Aline in Woods County, and is part of the 1,485-MW North Central Energy Facilities (NCEF), from which PSO customers …
Amazon and other big corporations recently sent a warning to Texas legislators not to mess with wind power and drive up its costs. Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway Energy, Goldman Sachs, and a number of other firms warned the Texas House of Representatives against passing a bill that the corporations contend would “unfairly shift the cost of …
