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Kansas


Siemens' Renewable Arm Cutting 200 U.S. Jobs

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) plans to lay off 200 workers at two U.S. wind power equipment manufacturing facilities. The company on Feb. 9 said the job cuts are due…


Map Shows 'Low-Impact' Locations for Wind Power

A global environmental group that works to protect land, water, and wildlife said states in what it considers the U.S. “wind belt” can develop wind power generation to meet renewable…


Sunflower Finally Scraps Plans for 895-MW Kansas Coal Plant

Sunflower Electric Power Corp. has abandoned plans to build the $2.8 billion Holcomb Expansion after its partner on the 895-MW coal-fired power plant project in Kansas, Tri-State Generation and Transmission…


Long-delayed Expansion of Kansas Coal Plant Now Considered Unlikely 

  Chances that an 895-MW project to expand Sunflower Electric Power Corp.’s coal-fired Holcomb Station in Kansas will ever be completed are “remote,” a key project partner said. Tri-State Generation…


Group Reports 40% Jump in U.S. Wind Power Projects in Q2

Wind power production continues to increase in the U.S., with a more than 40% increase in the number of wind projects under construction or in advanced development this year compared…