The most electricity generated in Texas in the month of March came from wind turbines according to a report by Reuters. The news agency quoted federal energy data and explained that analysts at S&P Global Platts stated it was the first time that wind power generated more electricity than gas-fired power plants. Wind generated …
The Enid News & Eagle says the nation’s leaders should look at Oklahoma in the formulation of a national energy policy. Click here to read the paper’s editorial.
A wind turbine in Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania, caught on fire on March 13. Firefighters say it burned out on its own without causing brush fires. Flames engulfed the B83-2.0MW turbine at Avangrid Renewables’ Locust Ridge wind farm. No employees or members of the public were in the vicinity and firefighters were able to limit …
Minnesota based ALLETE Inc. released its 2020 corporate sustainability report, highlighting the company’s performance related to energy and the environment and pointing to the addition of two more wind farm operations in Oklahoma. The report also focused on the firm’s diversity attempts including numbers reflecting leadership by women and the inclusion of business projects …
A Missouri county that is not only home to the state’s capitol but the University of Missouri too has proposed restrictive wind farm rules and regulations. Boone County has planned a series of public hearings after proposing new rules to require a wind energy conversion overlay district to be established before a wind farm …
Southeast Kansas residents indicate they support proposed stricter regulations on wind farms, especially after one renewable energy giant sold its wind farm resulting in electricity being shipped to Nebraska and not in Kansas. The Morning Sun in Pittsburg reported the change in attitude following Apex Energy’s sale of its Jayhawk Wind project in Crawford …
Another leg of American Electric Power’s three wind-farm power project in Oklahoma was able to secure construction financing. Invenergy obtained the money to build its 999 MW Traverse wind Energy center in Custer, Blaine and Kingfisher counties. Traverse is the largest of the three wind farms developed by Invenergy for AEP according to a …
Kansas legislators started debate this week on a bill to create more government regulation on the state’s wind industry. Opponents contend that Republican Sen. Mike Thompsons bill would only create new obstacles to locating wind farms based on light, sound and distance metrics. The Kansas Reflector described Thompson as a climate change denier and …
As the Biden administration and environmentalists clamor for more renewable energy, there’s a big push for the expansion of wind power. Some question the amount of land needed for large wind farms such as opposition in Iowa on a recent proposed wind farm that would consume 1,200 acres of farmland. It’s one thing to put …
“We’re gonna learn from this.” It’s what Southwest Power Pool executive vice president Lanny Nickell told Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners during a Thursday power-point presentation and review of the SPP’s handling of rolling blackouts in the state during the February winter storm. One thing he learned—fingers of blame are not being pointed at any of …
