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Wetumka is a city in northern Hughes County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,135 as of the 2020 Census. [4] The Muscogee Creek who first settled it after removal in the 1830s named it for their ancestral town of Wetumpka in Alabama. Wetumka is a Muskogee language word meaning "rumbling waters." [5]
The Brookings Institution ranked the city 73rd amongst the world's metropolitan economics for income and employment growth in 2011, [5] and 106th in economic performance worldwide in 2012. [6] It also noted the city for its rising clean (green) industry at 1.7%; [7] Tulsa has the 8th fastest green job growth rate in the country. [8]
The wind farm has 82 Acciona 1.5-MW wind turbines, and the Red Hills facility is spread across 5,000 acres (20 km 2). Acciona Energy North America opened the wind farm in June 2009. [1] Red Hills Wind Farm created 15 new full-time local jobs and more than 200 people were employed during the construction phase.
The Persimmon Creek Wind Farm first opened for commercial operation in 2018 with 80 General Electric turbines on 17,000 acres across Dewey, Ellis and Woodward counties in Oklahoma, according to ...
Wind turbine blade on display in Weatherford, Oklahoma. Oklahoma's wind resources are the eighth best in the United States. The total number of direct and indirect jobs in the state from wind power development is estimated to be between 1,000 and 2,000. [20] Oklahoma ended the half-cent tax credit for wind by July 2017.
Oklahoma electricity production by type. This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Oklahoma, sorted by type and name.In 2021, Oklahoma had a total summer capacity of 29,824 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 80,755 GWh. [2]
In D'Iberville, Mississippi, Wind Creek purchased land for a planned casino development in March 2016. [20] In Pennsylvania, the tribe agreed in March 2018 to purchase Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem for $1.3 billion. [21] The sale was approved in May 2019 and the casino was renamed to Wind Creek Bethlehem. [22]
The wind turbines are computer-controlled, with peak turbine performance at about 25 mph. For safety, the turbines automatically shut down if wind speeds exceed 55 mph. [1] The Centennial Wind Farm was built for Oklahoma Gas & Electric in Harper County by Invenergy Wind. It is one of only a few wind farms in the United States owned and operated ...