HUMBOLDT — Progress on Monarch Cement Company’s solar project outside of Humboldt is in full swing. An impressive display of thousands of panels comprise the 92- acre solar farm alongside Florida Road. While the farm…

Iola City Council members agree it’s a good idea to diversify the city’s energy profile. How? By adding 3-megawatts of power to the city’s energy portfolio through a solar agreement. Recently, the Kansas Municipal Energy…

An agreement between the Kansas Municipal Energy Association (KMEA) and NextEra Energy may help bring energy to Iola. Through a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), KMEA anticipates purchasing up to 90 megawatts of electric energy from…

The world is set to make abundant energy by the second half of the decade as the production of batteries and solar panels surges — but there’ll also be an excess of planet-warming fossil fuels,…

Work on an extensive transmission line project is inching closer to Allen County. The line’s route will traverse Coffey, Anderson, Allen, Bourbon, and Crawford counties in Kansas, and Barton and Jasper counties in Missouri. In…

GIRARD — Crawford County commissioners are considering a proposed $500 million solar farm that would generate not only energy but also millions in tax revenues, according to the Pittsburg Morning Sun. John Copyak of Shasta…

When Scott Thellman looks at the bottom land near the Kaw River, he sees productive farmland. This area north of Lawrence, Kansas, just across the river from an old coal-fired power plant has fantastic soil,…

United States domestic oil production hit an all-time high last week, contrasting with efforts to slice heat-trapping carbon emissions by the Biden administration and world leaders. And it conflicts with oft-repeated Republican talking points of…

Evergy, the state’s largest and primary electricity provider, wants to increase its rates charged to customers despite posting record profits. As part of the merger of Kansas City Power and Light and Westar Energy, Evergy…

Is the age of nuclear fusion finally dawning? After many decades of not-so-productive research, scientists have been making serious progress toward an energy revolution. On Monday came news of the latest milestone: According to press…