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Wind turbine shutdowns during polar vortex stoke Midwest debate
A dip in wind output during last month’s deep freeze is now fueling debate about the nation’s embrace of renewable energy.
South Dakota
Can Sioux tribes pull off largest ever clean energy project on tribal land?
The Oceti Wind Project aims to overcome financial, cultural and bureaucratic barriers to tribal renewable development.
Utilities say CapX2020 transmission project prompting wind energy growth
Finished in late September after more than a decade of planning and construction, the 800-mile-long CapX2020 transmission project has prompted more than 3,600 megawatts of clean energy project proposals, according to Xcel Energy.
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Amid Dakota Access protests, tribes continue to pursue clean energy
While the Sioux nation has been in the spotlight almost daily for its opposition to construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, it has much more quietly been pursuing renewable energy development on the Standing Rock Reservation and other tribal lands across North and South Dakota.
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Tax bill could take a bite out of South Dakota wind farms
A proposal in South Dakota would spread tax benefits from wind farms across the entire state, diminishing a key selling point developers have with landowners.