Nebraska
Elkhorn Ridge II Wind Farm, Knox and Cedar Counties, NE, Midwest Wind Energy
STATUS: In progress TYPE: Wind OPPOSITION: Landowners (Nebraska Farmers Union) PROSPECTS: Indeterminate BACKGROUND: Midwest Wind Energy hopes to expand their Elkhorn Ridge Wind Farm with Phase II, which would result in a 1,200-megawatt project consisting of anywhere from 400 to … Continue reading
Whelan Energy Center II, NE
STATUS: In progress, with opposition TYPE: Coal OPPOSITION: Sierra Club PROSPECTS: Likely BACKGROUND: The Whelan Energy Center is a 77-megawatt coal-fired power plant completed in 1982. Hastings Utilities is partnering with four other public power electrical utilities to construct an … Continue reading



