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Oklahoma Wind

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

The Oklahoma Wind Initiative just keeps on blowing!

The State Department of Central Services (DCS) in OKC received an award .

The Capitol complex boats TWO 10-KW wind turbines. The two, one at the governors mansion and one near the Department of Human Services should produce aprx 15,000 kw each year. Plans are also underway to add geothermal, energy efficient lighting, and solar.

DCS also reported a savings of 15-20% on water, gas, electricity consumption for the 9 month period ending 3-31 compared to the prior year.

It looks like the state’s government has embraced wind in a big way!

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Oklahoma Where The Wind Comes Sweeping Down the Plains

Monday, August 10th, 2009

Oklahoma Gas & Electric recently began discussions with three firms on their future wind projects. Presently, OG&E receives wind energy from just two wind farms, the Sooner Wind Farm near Woodward, and the Centennial Wind Farm near Fort Supply.

The projects they’re considering include, 150 mw Keenan Wind Project in Woodward County, the Taloga Wind Project in Dewey County and the NoMans Land Project in Texas County.

The additions of the new wind farms will go a long way towards Oklahoma’s own renewable energy goals, making Oklahoma the place where the wind energy comes sweeping off the plains.

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OG&E supplies power to over ¾ million customers in Oklahoma and western Arkansas.

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Upside Down Tomato

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

Gardener’s Supply new catalog, the tomato issue, has a great looking new product for growing tomatoes upside down.

It’s a large coated steel cage hanging from a swivel hook and hung from a big steel plant hanger. The plant hanger itself has a center pole and four legs to help keep it upright.

Personally I can’t imagine this standing upright, especially once it gets heavy with dirt and water. Course I don’t have a nice pretty paved patio to put it on. For me, it’d be out back in a sunny spot in Oklahoma sandy loam. VERY sandy loam. I would imagine it’d just take one big gust of that Oklahoma ‘wind come sweeping’ down the plain’ to make this thing lean a bit to one side. Then the sand would take over, and it’d topple right on over. Course I don’t know that since I don’t own one! Hey Gardener’s Supply? Want to test the product out in Oklahoma sand? I’ll be glad to test it out for you!

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