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Top EPA Official Steps Down in Wake of "Crucify" Comment [Video]

By Nathanael Baker on April 30, 2012

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) administrator in the South and Southwest region (Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Louisiana, and Arkansas), Al Armendariz, has resigned after Republicans took aim at comments he made two years ago regarding how the EPA would "crucify" corporations that broke environmental laws.

The Melodrama Continues: Obama Issues Executive Order to Expedite Approval of Keystone XL's Southern Leg

By Nathanael Baker on March 22, 2012

Tags: Canada, Alberta oil sands, Cushing, Keystone XL, oil and gas regulations, oil pipelines, oil sands, Oklahoma, President Obama energy policy, U.S. energy policy, Alberta, energy, Gulf Coast, Josh Lopez, oil, oil and gas, Oklahoma

The Keystone XL pipeline saga took a new turn today in Cushing, Oklahoma. While in Cushing, President Obama announced a new Executive Order on Improving Performance of Federal Permitting and Review of Infrastructure Projects.

RES Americas Brings Wind Farm Online In Oklahoma

By Joseph Baker on February 21, 2012

Tags: OG&E Retail Energy, Oklahoma Gas & Electric, Renewable Energy Systems Americas Inc., Siemens, OG&E, Oklahoma Energy Security Act II, Oklahoma Gas and Electric (OGE), Oklahoma Renewable Energy Goal, renewable energy mandate, Renewable Energy Systems Americas Inc., RES Americas, Senator Tom Invester, Wind Energy Oklahoma, Colorado, electricity, energy, Jesse Langston, Oklahoma, Tom Invester

Renewable Energy Systems Americas, Inc. (RES Americas) has completed the construction of a wind farm in Oklahoma.

Located in Dewey County, the Crossroads Wind Farm is comprised of 98 Siemens wind turbines that when combined can generate up to 227.5 MW of renewable energy. Crossroads, which took 12 months to construct, is RES Americas' first wind development in Oklahoma.

Atlantic Power Corp. Adds More Wind Energy

By Joseph Baker on February 2, 2012

Tags: Apex Wind Energy Holdings, Atlantic Power, Canadian Hills Wind LLC, MW Idaho Wind Partners, Southwestern Electric Power Company, USD, Atlantic Power Corp., Canadian Hills Project, Canadian Hills Wind LLC, Oklahoma wind power, Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO), electricity, energy, Idaho, Marcy Reiford, Oklahoma

Boston-based Atlantic Power Corporation (NYSE: AT) has acquired a 51% stake in a wind power project in Oklahoma.

LS Power Taps Fluor to Build 125 MW Arizona Solar Plant

By Shannon Roxborough on February 2, 2012

Fluor Corporation, the nation's largest publicly traded engineering and construction company, said this week that it has been selected by a subsidiary of electricity generator LS Power Group to build a 125-megawatt solar plant in Arizona. Fluor was also awarded a separate contract for ongoing operations and maintenance.

AltaRock Energy Eyes Oregon Volcano as Geothermal Resource

By Shannon Roxborough on January 18, 2012

Seattle-based AltaRock Energy, Inc. and Davenport Newberry Holdings LLC of Stamford, Connecticut, geothermal energy project developers, this summer plan to test the energy potential of the Newberrry Volcano, located about 20 miles south of Bend, Oregon.

CPV Renewable Energy Company Closes Financing For 165 MW Wind Farm In Kansas

By Joseph Baker on January 11, 2012

Competitive Power Ventures Holdings, LLC (CPV) has announced its renewables division, CPV Renewable Energy Company, has closed construction financing on its latest wind project in Kansas.

Enel, JPMorgan Form $340 Million Wind Partnership

By Shannon Roxborough on January 5, 2012

Enel Green Power S.p.A., the renewable energy division of Italy's largest utility, has announced that a consortium of investors led by JPMorgan Chase would invest some $340 million in two U.S. wind farms in return for a stake in the projects and voting rights.

OwnEnergy and NextEra Energy Resources Finalize Sale of 60 MW Oklahoma Wind Farm

By Joseph Baker on December 7, 2011

Brooklyn-based OwnEnergy Inc. said that it has finalized the sale of an Oklahoma wind farm to U.S. renewable energy powerhouse NextEra Energy Resources.

Extending the Renewable Energy PTC

By Jeanne Roberts on November 15, 2011

Tags: cent, USD, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), American Renewable Energy Production Tax Credit Extension Act, American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), Beacon Power Corp., bioenergy, biomass, boogenic energy, Deficit, Energy Policy Act of 1992, Energy Policy Act of 2005, energy security, geothermal energy, H.R. 3307, House Ways and Means Committee, hydro energy, Investment Tax Credit (ITC), kilowatt-hour, landfill gas, Municipal Solid Waste (MSW), Production Tax Credit (PTC), Renewable Energy Production, Renewable Energy Subsidies, solar energy, Solyndra, Stimulus, tidal energy, wave energy, wind energy, biofuels, Bruce Braley, California, Collin Peterson, Connecticut, Dave Reichert, Earl Blumenauer, energy, Frank Lucas, Illinois, Iowa, Jim Gerlach, John Larson, Leonard Boswell, Medicare, Mike Thompson, Minnesota, oil, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, renewable energy tax credits, Republicans, Robert Dold, Senate, Steve King, Tom Latham, U.S. Department of Energy, venture capital, Ways and Means Committee

Rep. Dave Reichert (R-WA) and Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) have introduced legislation aimed at extending the Production Tax Credit, or PTC.