Anheuser Busch, makers of the Budweiser brand of beers, recently unveiled its 2019 Super Bowl commercial, which features Clydesdales, wind turbines, and Bob Dylan, proclaiming that Anheuser Busch “now brews with wind power for a better tomorrow.” The renewable energy behind the ad is theThunder Ranch wind farm, a 300 MW project in north central Oklahoma …
Oklahoma Congressman Markwayne Mullin showed he’s a big fan of Oklahoma’s wind industry with a tweet on Tuesday. “Proud to hear that #SuperBowlLIII will be powered by #OK #windenergy! Great to see @AnheuserBusch team up with Enel Green Power & see Enel donate power from their Thunder Ranch wind farm to keep the lights on …
Xcel Energy, a wind company with more than 200 miles of electric transmission lines in Oklahoma was recognized by Fortune Magazine as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies. It is the fifth consecutive year the company made the national magazine’s list and is ranked the second most admired electrical and gas company in the …
Oklahoma isn’t the only state looking at the wind industry with critical legislation. Wyoming is too and a fight is brewing over wind and higher taxes. As OK Energy Today has reported about several bills aimed at the wind industry, in Wyoming, legislators are looking at increasing the tax on wind. Wyoming is one of …
While NextEra Energy Inc. continues its fight with the state over construction of wind farms that might interfere in the path of flyways for Vance Air Force Base, the company is expanding its operations throughout the rest of the U.S. The company has reported a record year for new renewable projects in 2018. It added …
Wind farm operators in Oklahoma and other states who intend to build new facilities are facing a year’s end deadline if they want to get a federal tax break before it expires. The federal renewable electricity production tax credit or PTC has a deadline of Dec. 31, 2019. Operators who begin construction of wind farms …
Five bills introduced in the Oklahoma legislature by four state Senators are targeting the wind industry. The bills created additional requirements for airport setbacks, fees for conversion to direct current electricity from wind farms and decreasing the time for the decommissioning of a wind farm. Broken Arrow Sen. Nathan Dahm’s Senate Bill 964 would require …
EDF Renewables North America, a California firm with wind farm experience in Oklahoma has picked up another wind farm—this one in Nebraska. It’s closed on a deal with York Nebraska Wind Partners, LLC to buy the 300 megawatt Milligan 1 Wind Project which should be ut into full operation in late 2020. The project is …
Enel Green Power North America, the Italian based wind farm company with major operations in Oklahoma has started construction of what will become the firm’s largest wind farm in the U.S. Located in Upton and Crockett Counties in Texas, the 450-MH High Lonesome wind farm will cost an estimated $600 million. It will be …
After pulling the plug on its massive and controversial Wind Catcher wind project in the Oklahoma Panhandle, Public Service Company of Oklahoma is returning with another effort to create for wind energy resources. In an announcement this week, PSO said it was requesting proposals for additional wind energy resources to be in commercial operation by …
