ALLETE Clean Energy has expanded its holdings of wind energy projects in Oklahoma by buying the 303 megawatt Caddo Wind farm in the western part of the state. The Minnesota-based company made the purchase from Apex Clean Energy and plans to sell power to three Fortune 500 customers to be announced at a later date. The …
More than 100 bases have been finished in preparation for construction of a massive wind farm in eastern New Mexico. Xcel Energy says most of the components for the Sagamore Wind Project have started t o arrive by rail and construction of the turbines could begin in late April. Arrival of the parts came at …
The fate of two bills focusing on construction of wind turbines near private airports in the state lies in both the House and Senate in Oklahoma. One targets the wind industry and would create a setback of wind turbines while another targets so-called “sham airports.” Rep. Carl Newton’s HB3296 would prohibit the construction of a …
We’ve all heard the joke about why it’s so windy in Kansas…because Nebraska “s—-” and Oklahoma “blows.” But one environmental group says Kansas, Iowa and North Dakota now generate enough wind power every year to meet more than half of their energy needs. The observation was made by the Natural Resources Defense Council which wrote that, …
Tuesday will be a day for wind and solar energy advocates to make their case with Oklahoma legislators as the Oklahoma Power Alliance holds its Clean Energy Day. It’s a Lobby Day as the Alliance called it, where members and those supporters of wind and solar power can tell their story to legislators. The …
Wichita State University has partnered with a California company to develop commercial technology to protect the nation’s thousands of wind turbines from damaging lightning strikes. Remember lightning rods? They were put atop farm homes and barns but WSU’s agreement with Lightning Diversion Systems will focus on how to transfer electrical strikes from a tower …
Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy has poured the first 66 foundations for what will be a 240-turbine wind farm southeast of Portales, New Mexico with a capacity of 522 megawatts. Xcel is the primary electricity provider in six Eastern New Mexico counties that include the cities of Roswell, Clovis, Hobbs and Carlsbad. The Sagamore wind farm …
After listening to opponents of a proposed wind farm in northeast Nebraska, one county is considering restrictions on the wind project including half-mile setbacks. It’s in Burt County where planning commissioners recently heard opposition to the possible construction of 86 turbines by Con Edison. Some of the turbines would be as tall as 650 …
When a County Planning and Zoning Commission in St. Joseph, Missouri recently voted in support of a proposed total commercial ban on wind energy, the crowd in attendance stood and applauded. Now Buchanan County Commissioners will consider the proposal and Presiding Commissioner Lee Sawyer said that the commissioners have three options: to pass the …
A massive wind farm project in Oklahoma could be critical to American Electric Power’s expectations of 5% to 7% earnings growth through 2024. The North Central Wind project, a proposed operation of three wind farms capable of producing 1,485 MW of electrical power for Public Service Company of Oklahoma is still in regulatory limbo. …
