Jan 24, 2012
TWC Executive Director Position
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR – The Wind Coalition READ MORE »
Feb 3, 2012
SPP Markets and Operations Report
SPP Markets and Operations Report READ MORE »
Jan 30, 2012
Gamesa And NREL Collaborate On Next Generation Wind Turbines
The next generation of wind turbines could help ensure more reliable supply of clean energy according to an announcement of the collaboration between the US Department of Energy and one of the world’s largest designers and retailers of wind power technology. READ MORE »
Jan 25, 2012
Wind energy is turning out new fields of study in Texas
When Antonio Lara enrolled at Texas Tech University in 2010 as an undergraduate, he was looking for a growth field with opportunities in Texas and around the world. READ MORE »
Jan 20, 2012
OG&E Completes Crossroads Wind Farm Project
OKLAHOMA CITY, Jan. 20, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- OG&E announced today that it has completed the Crossroads wind farm in northwestern Oklahoma. The project was a partnership between OG&E, Siemens and Renewable Energy Systems Americas Inc. (RES Americas.) READ MORE »
Jan 19, 2012
Wind farm developer refinances Kansas project
Wind energy developer Wind Capital Group announced that it has closed on international financing for its $350-million, 201-megawatt capacity Post Rock Wind Energy Project, a wind farm and 31 miles of transmission line in Ellsworth, Lincoln and Rice counties. READ MORE »
Jan 19, 2012
Arkansas Clean Technology Primer
The clean technology sector grew at a faster rate than the rest of the Arkansas economy over the last eight years and shows the greatest potential for continued growth, according to a recent report by the Southern Growth Policies Board and released by the newly-formed Arkansas Advanced Energy Association (AAEA). READ MORE »
Dec 22, 2011
Louisiana OKs electric contract with Kansas wind farm
The first utility power purchase in the Louisiana Public Service Commission's experiment with renewable energy is going to lower costs for customers, according to Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell. READ MORE »
Dec 14, 2011
Wind power propels new degree programs
When 32-year-old Antonio Lara enrolled at Texas Tech University in 2010 as an undergraduate, he was looking for a growth field with opportunities in Texas and around the world. READ MORE »
Dec 9, 2011
Save USA Wind Jobs
About Save USA Wind Jobs The Save USA Wind Jobs Coalition is fighting for a four-year extension of the Production Tax Credit (PTC). By passing an extension of the PTC, Congress will save the American jobs currently in danger of being shipped overseas and help create more than 500,000 American jobs over the next 20 years. In the past, when the PTC was allowed to expire, wind installations dropped between 73 and 93%, with corresponding job losses. READ MORE »
Nov 28, 2011
Brownback administration outlines school finance concepts
Topeka — Education officials on Wednesday expressed concerns that Gov. Sam Brownback’s plan to overhaul the school finance system may put more of the financing burden on local districts. READ MORE »
Nov 16, 2011
Tornado at Blue Canyon Wind Farm
On Monday, November 7th, Southwestern Oklahoma experienced a rare November outbreak of tornadoes. There were as many as six twisters that combed through the area. One of the twisters passed directly through the Blue Canyon Wind Farm, where a team of local storm chasers known as the ‘Basehunters’ captured some amazing footage. The video shows the force of the tornado raking through the turbines; fortunately, the wind farm did not sustain any damage. The footage of Blue Canyon starts at 2:15. READ MORE »
Oct 31, 2011
Wind-power industry holds breath over the future of federal subsidy
WASHINGTON - The wind-power industry is pushing to get its favorite federal subsidy extended amid concerns that the program's expiration next year could halt the expansion of the fastest-growing renewable electricity source in the U.S. READ MORE »
Oct 24, 2011
New Wind Energy Record Set in Texas
Wind turbines in Texas, in the service territory of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) — which is the main Texas electric grid — set a new electricity output record on October 7, it was reported this week. Source: Clean Technica (http://s.tt/13yDR) READ MORE »
Sep 26, 2011
Wind Energy Offers Clean Path to Economic Growth: Sam Brownback
(Bloomberg) — The moment is approaching when our nation must decide how it’s going to power the future. The importance of renewable energy to the nation becomes clear as Congress turns its attention to energy policy this fall, as we examine the importance of true energy independence and security more closely, and as we continue our work on rebuilding the economy and job creation. READ MORE »
Sep 9, 2011
2 Texas projects get federal wind research funds
Two projects in Texas will share part of $43 million in federal grants for offshore wind energy improvements. The Department of Energy on Thursday announced $900,000 in funding for programs in Austin and College Station, as part of 41 projects across 20 states. READ MORE »
Sep 6, 2011
Southern Cross Transmission Project Reaches Significant FERC Application Milestones
Pattern Energy Group LP (Pattern) today announced it has reached important milestones in the development of its Southern Cross transmission project by reaching a significant agreement with several existing Texas utilities and making two key applications with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). READ MORE »
Aug 11, 2011
State getting by with a little help from the winds
The wind hasn't provided much relief to Texans during the recent run of 100-degree-plus days, but it has helped keep air conditioners humming. Texas' wind turbines, particularly those along the Gulf Coast, have come through for the state's electrical grid more than expected during the hot afternoon hours when demand has been highest. READ MORE »
Aug 9, 2011
More gulf wind power for San Antonio
CPS Energy will buy 200 megawatts of wind power near the Gulf Coast from Duke Energy Renewables for the next 25 years, the utility announced Monday. The purchase will help move CPS toward its goal of 1,500 megawatts of renewable energy by 2020. READ MORE »
Aug 6, 2011
Wind energy bringing more power to the state’s grid
The future of the state’s electric grid is blowing in the wind, and during the next 10 years, the expansion of wind energy is expected to go full steam ahead. The wind industry has spurred the revitalization of many small communities, bringing in much-needed jobs and tax revenue when some small towns were all but drying up and blowing away. READ MORE »
Aug 5, 2011
Wind power playing increased role in power generation
It may be only a small fraction of the power generated for Texans, but wind turbines have contributed more than expected during the record power usage reported this week by electric grid officials in Texas, industry advocates said. READ MORE »
Jul 18, 2011
More Wind Jobs for Kansas
A Colorado company that has developed a smaller wind energy turbine will build its first manufacturing plant in south-central Kansas. Executives of the company, New Millennium Wind Energy, joined Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback and other officials in Newton last week to announce the development. READ MORE »
May 8, 2011
Brownback strikes deal with wind farm industry to expand Flint Hills protection area
More than twice as many acres of the nationally significant Flint Hills will be protected from wind farms under a deal Gov. Sam Brownback has reached with the state's wind energy industry. The newly expanded protected area encompasses 10,895 square miles of tallgrass prairie, up from the previous 4,673 square miles, and will run south to the Oklahoma border. The Wichita Eagle reports the new area will be called the Tallgrass Heartland, and Brownback said extreme caution must be used to protect it. Most of the nation's tallgrass prairie lies in the Flint Hills of eastern Kansas. READ MORE »
May 7, 2011
Deal limits Flint Hills wind farm expansion
Under an agreement reached between Gov. Sam Brownback and the state's wind energy industry, the area where new wind turbines are prohibited in the Flint Hills has more than doubled. The revised protected area will extend south to the Oklahoma state line, according to a map accompanying the agreement announced Friday afternoon by Brownback. READ MORE »
Mar 18, 2011
10,000 Wind Energy Jobs Created (May 2010 Perryman Report)
Texas Study Finds Substantial Economic Benefits and Consumer Savings from Wind Power and CREZ Transmission Plan: The typical Texas residential consumer is expected to potentially save $160 to $355 annually in electricity bills, once new transmission lines are completed to deliver wind power throughout the state, according to a study released today from The Perryman Group. READ MORE »
Feb 15, 2011
Texas Grid Operator Faces Questions Over Blackouts
At the Texas grid operator's Austin headquarters on Monday afternoon, about 100 people crowded into a special board meeting to hear the grid's chief executive, Trip Doggett, discuss the events that led to the rolling blackouts across Texas on Feb. 2. Some 50 power generators went down concurrently, according to Doggett, who emphasized that his agency, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, planned to do a better job in the future of communicating outage problems to the public and state officials (sending e-mails in the middle of the night, for example, proved ineffective, he noted). READ MORE »
Feb 11, 2011
Texas Wind Power Grows Along the Gulf Coast
On the 400,000-acre Kenedy Ranch along the southern Gulf Coast, the wind coming off the water nearly flattops the clusters of oak trees. Towering above the trees, above the long grasses, sand dunes, grazing cattle and the occasional antelope, are scores of wind turbines, each about as tall as a football field is long. “It’s always nice to be cranking,” said Daniel Pitts, who manages the wind plant for its owner, Iberdrola Renewables, as the machines spun in the breeze. READ MORE »
Feb 6, 2011
Freeze knocked out coal plants and natural gas supplies, leading to blackouts
The operators of Texas’ electricity grid blamed myriad problems at power plants across Texas for last week’s rolling blackouts. But interviews and a review of documents by The Dallas Morning News reveal that the breakdown of a cluster of coal-fired plants in Central Texas was at the heart of the problem. To compound the problem, many of the natural gas-fueled plants that would normally fire up to restore power didn’t have enough gas. READ MORE »
Feb 4, 2011
An Interview With the CEO of the Texas Grid
Last May Trip Doggett became president and chief executive of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which operates the Texas electric grid (he had previously served in that position in an interim capacity for a few years). Doggett spoke with the Tribune Friday by telephone about what is surely one of the greatest challenges of his tenure — the rolling power blackouts that the state experienced on Wednesday. An edited transcript and audio of the conversation follow. READ MORE »
Feb 3, 2011
Statement by Paul Sadler on the recent Texas power outages
The following statement was issued by Paul Sadler, executive director of The Wind Coalition, on the recent power outages: “It has been reported that approximately 50 fossil fuel generating units tripped offline, reducing expected output of approximately 7,000 MW on the electric grid, triggering rolling blackouts. We know these companies and individuals are working tirelessly in very difficult weather conditions to restore power to Texans across the state. READ MORE »
Jan 25, 2011
Why Texas Is Using More Coal, Wind and Less Gas
When Texans turn on their lights, run their air conditioning or plug in their iPads, they are getting an increasing amount of power from the wind — and from coal plants. Figures released earlier this month show that last year, nearly 8 percent of the power on the state's electric grid was generated by wind. That's more than three times the national average. And because Texas recently added several coal-generating units, coal plants — for the first time in recent memory — produced more power than any other electricity source. Nuclear power's contribution held about steady, at 13 percent of generation. READ MORE »
Jan 21, 2011
Texas OKs New Wind Power Transmission Lines
Texas is in the midst of a wind-power boom, and at the heart of it lies a conundrum: While plenty of ranchers are eager to host wind turbines, few want the unsightly high-voltage transmission lines needed to carry the power to distant cities running through their property. READ MORE »
Jan 20, 2011
Power line will parallel interstate
Capping two years of study and debate on where to build a major new power line in the Hill Country, state regulators opted Thursday to run it largely beside Interstate 10. The 3-0 vote by the Public Utility Commission in Austin drew sighs of relief from scores of property owners along other routes considered for the 140-mile line, but was a blow to officials in Kerr County. READ MORE »
Jan 2, 2011
Wind energy to flow down I-35
The new year is set to bring miles and miles of transmission lines, running through parts of the Concho Valley and beyond. One of the lines goes through counties northwest of Tom Green County, through Borden, Howard, Glasscock, Sterling and Coke counties, and is called the Long Draw to Sand Bluff, Sand Bluff to Divide, and Sand Bluff to Beark. Wind Energy Transmission Texas LLC is in charge of building the transmission line. READ MORE »
Dec 28, 2010
Wind energy gets another boost
MidAmerican Energy Co. and Siemens have reached a deal for the construction of 258 wind turbines in western and central Iowa, the companies announced Tuesday. The turbines will generate more than 593 megawatts of energy, or enough to power 190,000 homes, the companies said. They’ll be installed in Iowa’s Cass, Adams, Marshall, Calhoun and Adair counties next year. READ MORE »
Dec 27, 2010
Wind energy projects accelerating
Two new wind farms are beginning commercial operation in Nebraska in the waning days of the year. Meanwhile, a Chicago-based company has won initial approval from state authorities to proceed with its plans to build a 200-megawatt farm between Elgin and Petersburg. It would be Nebraska’s largest wind energy farm so far. “It was a great year for wind development in the state of Nebraska,” said Patrick Dalseth, a project manager for Midwest Wind Energy, which developed one of the newly operational wind farms. READ MORE »
Dec 27, 2010
Wind export law can cope with economy, observers say
Invenergy, the first wind-power company to take advantage of Nebraska's new wind export law, has been running into some economic headwinds recently in Virginia and other states. In some cases, state regulators wrestling with recessionary concerns have been unwilling to give the go-ahead to proposals to sell wind power because of the impact on utility rates. But Chicago-based Invenergy already has the go-ahead from the Nebraska Power Review Board for its $448 million Prairie Breeze project, which calls for as many as 133 wind turbines spread across 60 square miles of Boone and Antelope counties. READ MORE »
Dec 14, 2010
Danish company to set up shop in Moberly
Moberly’s economy got a double-dose of good news yesterday, just five months after the “Magic City” landed a multinational artificial sweetener manufacturer that is expected to eventually employ 600 people. The Missouri Department of Economic Development announced yesterday that Vest-Fiber, a company headquartered in Denmark, will create 50 local jobs and make a capital investment of $2 million to put a new manufacturing company in Moberly. READ MORE »
Dec 13, 2010
AWEA Wind Project Performance & Reliability Workshop
January 12 – 13, 2011, San Diego, CA. At this unique industry workshop, join industry experts and wind energy company peers who are developing, documenting, and sharing best practices and lessons-learned for operating wind projects profitably, and at peak productivity, for decades to come. This workshop will highlight O&M practices and the latest in industry trends – featuring an unmatched line-up of speakers and companies at the forefront of these issuesIn addition to offering a comprehensive educational program, this two-day event will allow you to build relationships and network with industry experts and your peers. READ MORE »
Oct 12, 2010
Offshore Wind Power Line Wins Backing
Google and a New York financial firm have each agreed to invest heavily in a proposed $5 billion transmission backbone for future offshore wind farms along the Atlantic Seaboard that could ultimately transform the region’s electrical map. The 350-mile underwater spine, which could remove some critical obstacles to wind power development, has stirred excitement among investors, government officials and environmentalists who have been briefed on it. READ MORE »
Sep 21, 2010
‘Wind power rush’ could reverse Texan fortunes
The 781.5 MW Roscoe wind complex boasts 627 wind turbines pumping green emissions-free electricity into the thirsty Texas grid. North American towns like Sweetwater, Texas — originally fuelled by cheap land and wealth derived from cattle, minerals, timber, railroads and oil — once prompted dreams of success, grandeur and independence. READ MORE »
Sep 18, 2010
Column: One rancher’s view of turbines on the Range
I, along with my family, operate a cattle and sheep ranch in southwest Wyoming. I am the fifth generation to operate our family ranch. We also have a wind farm on part of our ranch, and I would like to give the readers a landowner perspective on what a wind farm is like and impacts to my ranch, landscape and community. READ MORE »
Sep 13, 2010
Column: Texas Clean Energy Hampered by Location
s the United States contemplates a clean-energy future, leadership is coming from a surprising place—Texas. This state is well-known for producing oil and natural gas. But Texas also has erected far more turbines than any other state and now has nearly three times as much wind capacity as Iowa, which is ranked second. READ MORE »
Sep 5, 2010
Wind industry fights to defend its position as clean energy alternative study
The Obama administration's emphasis on clean energy and the fight in Congress over energy legislation is creating some tension among certain sectors, including the natural gas and wind power industries. The American Wind Energy Association has been fighting to counter a recent column in The Wall Street Journal that challenged a key selling point of wind — that it reduces carbon emissions. READ MORE »
Aug 30, 2010
Wind transmission lines across Hill Country face holdup at Public Utility Commission
The decision had been a clear one: A transmission line would cut through the Hill Country as part of a statewide network to carry West Texas wind power to the population centers of Central Texas, the Public Utility Commission said in an order in May 2009. READ MORE »
Jul 8, 2010
National Geographic touts wind energy efforts in Abilene
West Texas, the “Saudi Arabia of wind,” is featured in the July edition of National Geographic magazine, with a photo of a wind farm in the Abilene area illustrating the article. Wind energy, according to the article, is part of the big picture when it comes to solving the nation’s energy problems such as meeting demand during peak usage times and maintaining a steady flow of energy at all times, combating the threat of blackouts or brownouts in metro areas, and facing the grid’s vulnerability to terrorist attack. READ MORE »
Jun 29, 2010
Corpus power plant could lead to faster taking of Colorado River water
The state environmental agency today could give the go-ahead for the construction of a large petroleum coke power plant in Corpus Christi, likely leading the city to accelerate a plan to take billions of gallons of faraway Colorado River water. Though the city is unlikely to use the water for at least another decade, the plan will probably put further strain on the Colorado, which runs through Austin and is the source of drinking water for a wide swath of Central and South Texas. READ MORE »
Oct 28, 2009
Obama announces smart grid plans
President Barack Obama announced a $3.4 billion investment of stimulus funds to modernize the electric grid Tuesday, saying that creating the nation’s new clean-energy economy will require an “all-hands-on-deck approach” like the one that put a man on the moon. READ MORE »
Oct 26, 2009
Lack of infrastructure stalls renewable energy
Wind farms in West Texas make the state a leader in renewable power generation, but a lack of infrastructure leaves much of their potential electricity output blowing across the plains. READ MORE »
Oct 12, 2009
Murphy: It’s time to take action
Dana Murphy of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission want less talk and more action on a Oklahoma's smart grid. READ MORE »
Oct 12, 2009
AAS: Adding renewable power doesn’t have to hurt poor, some say
State Rep. Eddie Rodriguez is organizing a community energy forum to hash out concerns that an Austin Energy plan to increase the use of renewable sources could hurt the poor. READ MORE »
Oct 7, 2009
Kansas Gov. Parkinson calls for a federal RES
Gov. Mark Parkinson said Wednesday one of the most important bills before Congress was a measure requiring states to draw a portion of their electrical power from renewable sources of energy. If adopted, the governor said, states with vast untapped renewable assets, such as Kansas' wind resource, could be developed to fill the void for states without sufficient wind or solar sources. READ MORE »
Oct 7, 2009
Governor says state has just “scratched the surface” as Kansas wind energy conference starts
Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson remarks on the state of the Kansas' wind industry at the 10th annual Kansas Wind and Renewable Energy Conference. READ MORE »
Oct 5, 2009
A boost for exonomy blowing in the wind
Oklahoma has the potential to develop 80,000 megawatts of wind energy; to date, it has developed just 708 megawatts. Developing just a fraction of Oklahoma’s potential would provide more than enough power to meet the state’s electricity demands, allowing it to become a major net exporter of wind power. It would also mean jobs. READ MORE »
Sep 29, 2009
Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co has reached development deals for two new wind farms
CPV Renewable Energy Co. and Edison Mission Energy, two Wind Coalition members, each reach agreements with OG&E. READ MORE »
Sep 24, 2009
U.S. Tax Breaks Subsidize Foreign Oil Production
The largest U.S subsidies to fossil fuels are attributed to tax breaks that aid foreign oil production, according to research to be released on Friday by the Environmental Law Institute in partnership with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. READ MORE »
Sep 23, 2009
Windy Land Owners Seminar
West Texas A&M University is holding a Windy Land Owners Seminar on Oct. 17, 2009. The seminar will be about wind energy and its many possibilities. READ MORE »
Sep 22, 2009
Wind-farm developer gets grant
Wind-farm developer scored a multimillion-dollar boost, thanks to a stimulus program to create jobs and fuel growth in renewable energy. READ MORE »
Sep 10, 2009
Arkansas, wind industry officials say stable fed policy key to growth
Gov. Mike Beebe pledged state support today to keep wind power manufacturers planted in Arkansas READ MORE »
Sep 9, 2009
LJWN: Federal renewable standards, transmission needed for more wind development
Kansas has made progress in developing wind energy over the past few years, but there remains a lot of unfulfilled potential. READ MORE »
Sep 2, 2009
DMN: ETT to install Texas’ first transmission line battery
Electric Transmission Texas LLC plans to install a battery on a new transmission line to remote Presidio, Texas, the first such battery in the state. This will help Texans make better use of cheap wind power. READ MORE »
Sep 1, 2009
DNN: DOE Awards $114 million cash grant to South Texas wind farm
The U.S. Department of Energy announced it awarded its first (and probably largest) renewable energy cash-assistance grants. The largest grant, $114 million, was awarded to the Penascal Wind Farm, a South Texas wind farm that battled opposition from the King Ranch on its way to operation. READ MORE »
Aug 31, 2009
WSJ: WindFarms Set Wall Street Aflutter
After nearly a six-month lull, Wall Street is getting back into the business of financing new wind farms. An estimated $10 billion to be invested over the next two years. READ MORE »
Aug 10, 2009
WSJ: Blown Away: Wind Power Makes Electricity Cheaper in Texas
Is the rapid growth of wind power in Texas actually making electricity cheaper?... Yes! READ MORE »
Aug 2, 2009
Panel OKs $200M for wind energy
Congress recently approved a bill to spend $200 million annually on wind-energy research. READ MORE »
Jul 31, 2009
Texas tops all states in new wind energy
Texas ranks first in new wind power generating capacity, 1,210 megawatts of new wind power generating capacity have been added nationwide, enough to power 350,000 homes. READ MORE »
Jul 28, 2009
WSJ: Wind Power: U.S. Wind Installations Keep On Coming
Despite plenty of warnings that the credit crunch would kneecap wind power this year, it’s still a fast-growing sector READ MORE »
Jul 17, 2009
Texas awards lease for world’s first green data center, two more offshore wind farms
The Texas General Land Office to build the world’s first wind-powered data center and increases the number of offshore land leases for wind farms by two READ MORE »
Jul 17, 2009
Study Suggests Wind Power Potential Is Much Higher Than Current Estimates
A Harvard University study published in the National Academy of Sciences of the United States estimated the world wind power potential to be 40 times greater than total current power consumption READ MORE »
Jul 17, 2009
Ill Wind Blows Over Storage Market
When it comes to discussing the "need" for storage to supplement intermittent wind energy, industry professionals are of two very different minds. What shape should the energy infrastructure take; more transmission, or storage. This Reuters article looks at the on-going debate. READ MORE »
Jul 16, 2009
Colorado’s PUC looks to add wind projects to meet renewable energy requirements
Colorado's Public Utilities Commission hold hearing to discuss how to pursue new wind energy projects. READ MORE »
Jul 15, 2009
Congress urged to fund more wind studies
$800 million program for wind energy research and development is proposed in Congress READ MORE »
Jul 14, 2009
Texas port attracts another wind turbine company
The Port of Corpus Christi enters into agreement with Spanish-based wind turbine manufacturer to receive wind towers. READ MORE »
Jul 13, 2009
KCC Approves New Transmission Line
ITC Great Plains to build new line between Spearville and Hays READ MORE »
Jul 8, 2009
Bloomberg: Pickens Says Texas Wind Project Won’t Be Canceled
Billionaire investor T. Boone Pickens said today that he is delaying, not canceling, a $10 billion wind energy project in Texas.The Pampa project will be postponed until 2013. READ MORE »
Jul 8, 2009
NPR: Pickens postponed a plan to create the world’s largest wind farm in Texas
Pickens says that tight credit markets and the absence of transmission lines, which would carry wind energy from the turbines to the grid, made the postponement necessary. READ MORE »
Jul 8, 2009
USDA Small Wind Turbine Grants Cover 25% of All Costs - Applications due July 31, 2009
Farmers, ranchers and rural business owners have until July 31, 2009 to apply for the USDA Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) grants. The grants provide funds to purchase and install small wind turbines (or other renewable energy systems). READ MORE »
Jun 24, 2009
KSBI News: OK Wind Energy Growing; Room to Improve
Oklahoma's Wind Industry is growing but without a Renewable Portfolio Standard manufacturing jobs will be limited. The Kaw Nation of North Central Oklahoma is looking to develop a wind farm on tribal land. READ MORE »
Jun 17, 2009
Amarillo Globe-News: Parmer eyes world’s windiest wind farm
5,000 megawatts wind farm planned for Parmer County, Texas. The "Mariah" Project, once completed, would be one of the world largest wind farms. READ MORE »
Jun 14, 2009
Texas wind farms deploy radar so birds, not feathers, can fly
Sunday news article from the Kansas City Star READ MORE »
Jun 11, 2009
Dallas Morning News: Texas takes high rankings in Pew clean energy study
Texas had more clean energy jobs than every other state except California and garnered more clean energy venture capital investment than most in 2007, according to a study by Pew Charitable Trusts. READ MORE »
Jun 11, 2009
AVALANCHE-JOURNAL: Study shows Texas among nation’s leaders in green energy economies
Texas has one of the country's largest single-state green energy economies, but other states are catching up, according to a new study by a national research group. READ MORE »
Jun 11, 2009
AMERICAN-STATESMAN: Texas a leader in creating jobs tied to clean energy, study says
Texas is one of the leading players in US clean-energy economy; state fares well in first detailed look at U.S. clean-energy economy. READ MORE »
Jun 11, 2009
The Oklahoma Legislature creates The Oklahoma Clean Energy Independence Commission.
Join our forum discussion on Oklahoma’s New Clean Energy Independence Commission. READ MORE »
Jun 9, 2009
Nebraska landowner sees school money in wind, carbon
The largest landowner in Nebraska is trying to boost revenues from its massive holdings using more than crops and cattle. READ MORE »
Jun 9, 2009
More interesting news about Nebraska’s wind
From the Nebraska Energy Office, LES, OPPD, NPPD, Nebraska Farmers Union READ MORE »
Jun 9, 2009
Bloomfield reaps benefits of alternative energy
By ALGIS J. LAUKAITIS / Lincoln Journal Star (Lincoln, NE) READ MORE »
Jun 5, 2009
CLEAN COAL (and Wind) AMONG THE ENERGY SECTOR WINNERS IN THE TEXAS LEGE
Tax abatements help get wind farms built. READ MORE »
Jun 1, 2009
AEP Issues for 1,100 Megawatts of Renewable Energy Resources
From the newsroom of AEP, SWEPCO's parent company READ MORE »
May 29, 2009
Is Marion County Missouri a place for wind power?
Some tri-state area residents are hoping to harness a natural resource while benefiting Northeast Missouri. READ MORE »
May 28, 2009
New turbine blades may aid efficiency
Purdue's cutting edge research in turbines could create more wind energy. READ MORE »
May 7, 2009
Let’s Expand State Energy Playbook
A point-of-view on the importance of wind power, from The Oklahoman READ MORE »
May 1, 2009
Wanted :: Technical Consultant for SPP
Career Opportunity :: Technical Consultant for Transmission and Markets in the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) READ MORE »
Apr 28, 2009
Kansas Wind May Power Graceland
We've all heard of Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) within states, directives that at least a chosen percentage of a state's electricity be provided by renewable energy sources. READ MORE »
Apr 21, 2009
Kansas wind energy company has eye on Missouri
One Kansas company wants to bring alternative energy to Missouri in a big way. KBIA's Robert Kessler has the story. READ MORE »
Apr 21, 2009
Wind Capital Group to develop Missouri’s largest wind farm
The company has announced plans to develop a $300 million, 150 megawatt (MW) wind energy project in DeKalb County, Missouri. The project, named Lost Creek, will be the largest in the state, providing 2,500 direct and indirect jobs and enough electricity to power more than 50,000 homes. The project will use 100 General Electric 1.5 MW wind turbines. GE manufactures wind turbines in South Carolina and California. READ MORE »
Apr 17, 2009
Wind Capital plans Missouri’s largest wind farm
Wind Capital Group LLC will build the 150-megawatt project in DeKalb County in northwest Missouri. READ MORE »
Apr 17, 2009
Re-energizing NM: State has Plans for Stimulus Money
LAS CRUCES - Billions of federal dollars will be up for grabs in the coming months as more funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is pumped into the nation's economy. READ MORE »
Apr 16, 2009
Texas Continues to Lead Nation in Wind Power
Texas continued to add substantially to its wind power generation last year bringing online 2,671 megawatts of new capacity - a mark that ranks it above all other states READ MORE »
Apr 13, 2009
Running with the wind
Tax credits and grant programs might help you afford the purchase of a small-scale wind turbine. READ MORE »
Regional News
Arkansas
Kansas
- KCC Approves New Transmission Line
- Trying to catch the wind
- Kansas has potential for wind jobs
- Utilities favor mandate for renewable energy
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Louisiana
Missouri
- Wind Capital Group to develop Missouri's largest wind farm
- Kansas wind energy company has eye on Missouri
Nebraska
- Bloomfield reaps benefits of alternative energy
- Nebraska landowner sees school money in wind, carbon
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New Mexico
Oklahoma
- Oklahoma WinCharger - the Oklahoma wind power initiative
- How green are you? Wind energy report reflects growth
Texas
- Texas takes high rankings in Pew clean energy study
- Texas a leader in creating jobs tied to clean energy
- Study shows Texas among nation's leaders in green energy technologies
- Texas OKs big-bucks wind power project
- PUC awards wind power transmission line contracts
- Transmission investment will save Texas consumers billions
