renewable energy

Planned wind farms on the east side of Interstate 35 are seen as a potential asset to some landowners, while receiving opposition from others.

For NPR’s Climate Solutions Week, KOSU and StateImpact 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.

In Oklahoma, wind energy accounted for about 42% of in-state electricity net generation in 2023 and economists estimate landowners across the state collectively get almost $100 million every year in payments. In the first story of a three-part series for NPR’s Climate Solutions Week, KOSU and StateImpact dive into the financial impact of the wind industry in rural spaces.

Senate Bill 2 may get another chance to convince lawmakers of new regulations on wind turbine placement in certain parts of the state.

Attorneys general from 17 states and D.C. are challenging an executive order Trump signed on his first day in office pausing approvals, permits and loans for all wind energy projects.

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 Oklahoma House of Representatives considered and passed at least 10 energy bills on March 26 and 27.

As lawmakers aim to limit how close renewable energy developments can be to certain occupied buildings in Oklahoma, the governor worries about dissuading potential investors in the state. Others say the matter should be left to counties and property owners.

With key committee deadlines behind Oklahoma’s legislature, state lawmakers are gearing up for the first round of extensive floor debates and votes. Nearly nine hundred measures are moving forward between the two chambers.