Wind Energy

A renewable energy company is proposing Idaho’s largest wind farm on the desert land in the Magic Valley, and former incarcerees, their family members and the National Park Service are raising concerns about its proximity to the Minidoka Historic Site.

The comment period comes as the federal agency prepares to produce an Environmental Impact Statement. A draft of that plan is slated to be done next summer.

A proposed wind farm in southern Idaho could become one of the largest in the nation. The Lava Ridge Wind Project is shooting for a 1,000-megawatt wind…

A new study shows that global wind speeds have increased in the last decade, and that may allow wind turbines in the Mountain West to generate more...

Multiple proposals from Democratic presidential candidates are calling for a full transition from fossil fuels to renewables over the next 10 years....

A new study from an environmental think tank ranks Idaho among the states with a low ecological footprint. The study from the Global Footprint Network…

The New York Times reports more than two dozen energy projects in the West have been scuttled because of sage grouse, at least one of those projects was…

If you’ve driven across southern Idaho in the past few years, you’ve no doubt seen a lot of wind turbines. But have you ever wondered how many there are?…

Tall, noisy wind turbines may not go over well in some urban areas. A northwest company has developed residential-sized turbines to push renewable energy…

You may have seen wind turbines springing up all over the Pacific Northwest in the past decade. So far this year, the region’s wind industry has faced a…