The full House of Representatives in Missouri is getting a bill that could possibly kill Invenergy’s Grain Belt Express wind energy transmission line that is mired down in controversy in the state. The line is meant to carry wind-powered electricity from southwest Kansas to Illinois but the company’s use of eminent domain has been …
Technicians at NextEra Wind Energy in south central Kansas suspect a strong thunderstorm played a role in causing extreme damage to one of the company’s wind turbines. It was near the small town of Cairo in Pratt County where a blade was broken off and the generator was badly damaged, according to the …
NextEra, the company building the largest hybrid renewable project in the U.S. in northwestern Oklahoma stunned the renewable energy industry Wednesday by stating it plans to spend $1 billion next year on battery storage projects. Already building the 700 MW facility west of Enid, the company will use Skeleton Creek wind farm to serve 21 …
An annual report by the American Wind Energy Association says wind energy is now the largest provider of renewable energy in the country, supplying over 7 percent of the nation’s electricity in 2019. In Oklahoma, 35% of the electricity comes from the numerous wind farms and the state remains number three for wind-powered electricity behind …
Far Southeast Kansas is about to get a wind farm operation even though some residents are against the project in Crawford and Bourbon Counties near cities such as Pittsburg and Girard. Crawford County Commissioners have approved the renewable energy project which is in development by Apex Clean Energy, Inc., a firm with operations it …
A wind-blade manufacturing plant in Little Rock, Arkansas will be closing soon, putting an estimated 500 employees out of work. As the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported, LM Wind Power announced this week to shut down operations, not because of the COVID-19 pandemic but because of declining demand for its giant blades. The LM workers in Little …
Reports suggest that NextEra Energy, the Florida-based firm with numerous wind farm operations throughout Oklahoma might be in the hunt to acquire Kansas City-based Evergy. Other utility giants are also said to be interested in such an acquisition including American Electric Power, parent of PSO in Oklahoma and St. Louis-based Ameren. One report indicated …
The transmission line to carry southwest Kansas wind powered electricity across Missouri and into Illinois still has life after a court ruling this week. The Missouri Supreme Court upheld the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District’s 2019 decision reaffirming a PSC decision that approved a certificate of need and necessity for the Grain Belt …
County Commissioners in St. Joseph, Missouri have approved a total ban on commercial wind energy farms in their county. Buchanan County Commissioners took the move after their Planning and Zoning Commission recommended the action. The Planning and Zoning Commission held a work session on Feb. 19 and recommended the total ban by a …
Wichita-based Textron Aviation has signed a 20-year agreement with utility provider Evergy to receive 55 megawatts of power for its two Kansas plants in Independence and Wichita from a new wind farm under construction in Manhattan, Kansas. The Soldier Creek Wind Farm will generate 300 MW and is expected to be operational by the …
