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 …
A northern Oklahoma Duke Energy wind farm that was opposed by some Newkirk residents who alleged was secretly approved in 2019 by officials has gone operational. The Frontier Windpower II wind farm in Kay County is a 350 megawatt farm and the largest wind power project in the fleet owned and operated by Duke Energy …
Northwest Iowa is the site of yet another wind farm project. One or two wind farms are built every year in that sector of the state turning Iowa into one of the top wind-powered states in the country, only behind Texas. Invenergy LLC received permission last year to build the first wind farm in …
A record was set last week at the Southwest Power Pool and it didn’t have anything to do with a power crisis, a storm or rolling blackouts like those experienced by Oklahomans during the February winter storm. On Sunday, March 14, the Power Pool set a renewable penetration record of 81.39%, breaking the previous …
Enel Green Power, already the largest wind farm operator in Oklahoma has begun construction on its latest wind project not far from the Oklahoma state line in Texas. The 79-wind turbines that will make up the Azure Sky wind and storage farm will be located in Throckmorton County located southwest of Wichita Falls. It …
Preventing wind turbines from freezing in frigid weather like the winter storm that hit Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas last month isn’t as easy as it sounds. It’s not a simple solution of putting electrical heaters on the blades. One Iowa State University scientist who has been studying ways to prevent the icing on wind …
The government reported Wednesday that that 2019 and again in 2020, the U.S. installed more wind power capacity than any other generating technology and wind farm construction in Oklahoma added to the total. Oklahoma remained third in net electricity generation from wind and other sources in 2020 according to the Energy Information Administration. The …
A young environmentalist is telling Oklahomans they need more solar panels on their homes to avoid the disastrous power outages like the state suffered last week and smiley faces on our utility bills to urge us to change our behavior about climate change. Writing a “Point of View” in the Wednesday Oklahoman, Graham …
While Texas is trying to figure out what went disastrously wrong in last month’s winter storm, leaving millions in the dark, another wind farm is going up near Houston. EDF Renewables North America, a firm with numerous wind farm operations in Oklahoma announced a power purchase agreement for the second phase of its Space …
