wind energy

For NPR's Climate Solutions Week, Oklahoma reporters are exploring how wind energy lets some Oklahomans live where and how they want. In the second story of that three-part series, we'll look at what policymakers and economists are saying about Oklahoma's growing wind sector.

The State of Oklahoma is asking a federal judge to keep an Osage County wind farm operational, despite being ordered to dismantle it late last year.

National energy data show the country is winding down coal generation and replacing it with renewables.

The virtual power purchase agreement was announced earlier this month.

President Trump signed an executive order temporarily stopping approvals for new wind projects.

In Oklahoma, as the wind sweeps down the plain, it glides through dozens of wind farms. But what happens when the turbines on those farms are no longer in service? A new recycling center has opened in northwestern Oklahoma to give them new life.

Kansas has nearly 4,000 turbines, many taller than the Statue of Liberty. People see blinking lights for miles, but now radars can help preserve the night skies.

The Missouri Department of Conservation has started a new project to see how bald eagles in northwestern Missouri interact with wind turbines. Conservationists and wind energy advocates are both hoping that the results will advance both bird conservation and renewable energy goals.

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