OK, I’m not quite ready to pen lyrics for a wind energy version of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic Oklahoma, but I think it’s pretty cool that the state’s plentiful wind could become as common of a fuel source as the finite amount of petroleum that comes from the ground. This story in the Tulsa (OK) World says that city is …

Oil giant BP has lived up to its motto of going “beyond petroleum” with its $5 million gift to the University of Wyoming’s School of Energy Resources… $2 million of that going to wind energy development. This story in the Jackson Hole (WY) Star Tribune has more details: Bob Lukfahr is president of BP Alternative Energy North America. He said …

National Wind, LLC has partnered with the local communities in eastern Dodge and western Olmsted counties to form High Country Energy… a partnership that will create the nation’s largest community-owned wind energy project. A press release from the company web site says National Wind will manage the development and construction of a 300 megawatt wind farm in conjunction with the …

A U.S. company might have found a way to optimize wind energy harvests. Officials with Sky WindPower Corporation believe that by elevating their wind generators to high altitudes, they can harvest the energy of the much stronger high-altitude winds. This story from CNN.com says the picture on the right is an artist’s rendering of what such a generator would look …

Oil-giant Texas and wind-energy giant Denmark are swapping information are their respective strong suits in energy. This article in the Houston Chronicle says the Danes have become word leaders when it comes to wind energy generation, getting 25 percent of their electricity needs from the wind. Likewise, Texas has become a new leader in wind energy production, passing California as …

While wind energy has been a very promising energy source with unprecedented growth in the last few years. Unfortunately, that growth has led to a shortage of the parts needed to make the turbines and keep them turning. This article on the Renewable Energy Access web page features American Wind Energy Association Communications Editor Carl Levesque answering what is causing …

Visitors to the Minnesota State Fair (now through Sept. 3rd) are able to take in an exhibit featuring wind energy. St. Paul-based WindLogics is supporting Windustry’s – a non-profit organization working to increase community-based wind energy opportunities for rural landowners and communities – 2007 Wind Energy Center at the fair’s EcoExperience Building. This article on Renewable Energy Access.com says people …

Europeans and Americans are showing just how serious they are in promoting and using wind energy by fueling big profits for the world’s biggest wind turbine maker. This article from Forbes.com has more: Denmark’s Vestas Wind Systems, the largest wind turbine manufacturer in the world, said on Tuesday its sales for the second quarter of 2007 grew 18.6% to 1.1 …

European mega-financier, Fortis, has inked a deal to buy 1.1 million megawatt hours of power for the next 10 years from Enel North America. The estimated $80-million deal is seen as a hedge against the price of electricity from natural gas. This article posted on the CNNMoney.com web site says the power will come the the Snyder Wind Farm in …

A proposed 65-turbine wind farm in Central Washington State has been given the green light for construction… again. The Kittitas Valley Wind Power Project got a recommendation from the Washington State Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council for the goveror to OK the project in March. But Governor Christine Gregoire asked the council to consider the feelings of some neighbors in …