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Alarms have been sounded over the future of renewable energy development in Oklahoma, where a movement is afoot to impose a total ban on new wind and solar power projects throughout the state. Like it or not, though, Oklahoma has already emerged as a clean energy ambassador for the rest of the US, a role that is beginning to heat up in new directions.
More Renewable Energy For Oklahoma
Oklahoma already has one foot firmly in the renewable energy industry. The state quickly became a leading hotspot for wind development in the early 2000s and it still ranks right up there at #3 in a 50-state ranking of installed wind capacity, at 12,648 megawatts as of last April. Among forthcoming projects is a 241-megawatt wind farm under the umbrella of the firm RWE. The utility SWEPCO is also moving forward with construction of a 598-megawatt project,…
