energy

A renewable energy building boom is changing the landscape — and the economic fortunes — on Colorado’s Eastern Plains

As it prepared for the second year, a meeting scheduled with Department of Energy contractors during President Donald Trump’s inauguration in January was cancelled.

The milestone comes as solar production continues to grow rapidly in Texas, where it has recently begun outpacing coal over the course of a year.

The Unified Government and the BPU are in discussions with three proposed data center projects code-named Project Red Wolf, Project Yardbird and Project Linda. Officials insist the projects won't increase utility bills for other ratepayers, but similar promises elsewhere have been proven false.

Deep Fission says it plans to install a nuclear reactor underground at an industrial park in southeast Kansas. State and local government leaders are on board. It’s part of a national push for new nuclear energy generation.

Deep Fission is a fledgling startup that says it can help tech companies meet the "explosive demand" for more energy to power artificial intelligence. It's one of two nuclear companies that have announced plans related to Kansas in the past month.

A law passed this year requires the regulatory agency to explore a future with nuclear energy generation in Oklahoma. But the measure doesn't provide funding to secure a firm to complete the study.

Elected state officials voted to require the Oklahoma Corporation Commission to investigate whether the Sooner State could generate nuclear energy or hold off on welcoming the industry.

In the Flint Hills, south of Wamego, an Australian company is drilling deep holes in search of hydrogen. Could this be a new source of energy for the Sunflower State? Commentator Rex Buchanan tells us more.

The legal and technical feasibility project was ordered by the state legislature following the passage of Senate Bill 130 in June.