Enel Green Power North America (EGPNA) has entered into two agreements with GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of General Electric. The agreements consists of EGPNA selling: Twenty-four percent of both its “Class A” interests in the 235-MW Chisholm View Wind in Oklahoma. Chisholm View is located in Garfield and Grant Counties, and has been operational…

Vestas has received a an unconditional order from RES America Construction for the Bluestem wind project in Oklahoma. The agreement is for 60 V117-3.3 MW turbines with a total capacity of 198 MW. The contract includes supply and commissioning of the wind turbines, as well as a five-year Active Output Management 4000 service agreement. Delivery of…

Enel Green Power (EGP), through its subsidiary Enel Green Power North America (EGPNA), has brought the 74-MW Little Elk wind farm in Oklahoma online. Little Elk is the second wind farm to be brought online in the state by EGP in December, following the 200-MW Goodwell wind farm. “The entry into service of Little Elk…

Southern Company’s subsidiary, Southern Power, recently announced the completion of its first wind project: the 299-MW Kay Wind facility in Kay County, Oklahoma. “The completion of Kay Wind — Southern Power’s first wind project — marks an important milestone for our company,” said Southern Power President and Chief Executive Officer Oscar C. Harper. “Renewables remain…

Duke Energy Renewables announced it will build a large-scale wind project in Oklahoma, the company’s first renewables project in the state. The planned 200-MW Frontier Wind Farm will produce enough emissions-free electricity to power about 60,000 homes. Duke Energy will build, own, and operate the project in Kay County. “We’re investing heavily in renewable energy and surpassing 2,000 megawatts…

Siemens has been awarded an order from Apex Clean Energy to supply, support installation, and provide long-term service for 66 wind turbines for the Grant Wind project in Grant County, Oklahoma. The Grant Wind project follows an announcement earlier this year that Siemens will provide turbines, service, and financing for Apex Clean Energy’s Kay Wind…

Southern Power, a subsidiary of Southern Company, announced an agreement to acquire the company’s second wind project from Apex Clean Energy, the 151-MW Grant Wind facility in Oklahoma. The acquisition is expected to close in March 2016 upon successful completion of project construction. “Southern Company is committed to the full portfolio and this project is…

Southern Company subsidiary Southern Power announced an agreement to acquire the company’s largest renewable electric generating plant and first wind project–the 299-megawatt (MW) Kay Wind facility in Oklahoma–from Apex Clean Energy. The acquisition is expected to close in late 2015 upon successful completion of the project. “Southern Company first earned a reputation as a national…

Enel Green Power (EGP), through its subsidiary Enel Green Power North America, Inc. (EGP-NA), has started construction on a new wind farm in Oklahoma, USA. The Little Elk wind project, located in Kiowa and Washita Counties, Oklahoma, adjacent to EGP-NA’s existing 150-megawatt (MW) Rocky Ridge wind farm, will have a total installed capacity of 74…

Wärtsilä has been contracted to supply a 56 MW Smart Power Generation power plant to the Stillwater Utilities Authority (SUA) in Oklahoma. The contract was signed in September 2014 and the equipment delivery will begin in November 2015. The power station will balance wind and solar generation in Oklahoma. “When the wind stops blowing and…