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Wind farm sites guided by data, science, relationships

The process of building a wind farm takes years of research and relationship building before the first turbine ever goes up.

By purchasing shares of a 5-megawatt solar energy facility, customers can buy a piece of renewable energy.

Regional transmission organization saw 30 percent increase in wind generation last year.

OPPD and local universities are partnering on the sustainable tiny homes, which will be built with aging retirees in mind.

Solar energy can come in the form of larger community projects or rooftop panels, which tend to be more expensive.

OPPD customer Syed Ali documented his trip to New Jersey in his electric car, snapping photos one charging station at a time.

Turbines for the new Sholes Wind Energy Center, giving OPPD 160 MW of energy, begin to dot the fields around Wayne, Neb.

OPPD, LES and NPPD lay out their renewable efforts and what may be coming for the state at Nebraska Wind & Solar Conference.

Turbines at the Sholes Wind Energy Center will power OPPD customers with renewable energy beginning in 2019.

Study says building enough transmission to connect renewables across the U.S. grid would be costly, but worth it.