Evergy Inc. said it will add to its renewable energy holdings with the purchase of an Oklahoma wind farm for about $250 million.
The Kansas City-based utility (NYSE: EVRG) said it will buy the 199-megawatt Persimmon Creek Wind Farm from a partnership of Scout Clean Energy and Elawan Energy. The purchase of the project, which came online in 2018, is expected next year.
Evergy said energy produced by Persimmon Creek will serve customers in its Evergy Missouri West service area.
Earlier this month,…Evergy announces $250M purchase of Oklahoma wind farm
Evergy Inc. said it will add to its renewable energy holdings with the purchase of an Oklahoma wind farm for about $250 million.
The Kansas City-based utility (NYSE: EVRG) said it will buy the 199-megawatt Persimmon Creek Wind Farm from a partnership of Scout Clean Energy and Elawan Energy. The purchase of the project, which came online in 2018, is expected next year.
Evergy said energy produced by Persimmon Creek will serve customers in its Evergy Missouri West service area.
Earlier this month,…
Rod Gray has won innumerable titles during his years on the competition barbecue circuit, along with earning the descriptor of entrepreneur. Now, he has a new title: CEO of the Kansas City Barbeque Society.
KCBS said Wednesday that Gray will become just the fourth CEO in the organization’s 36-year history. He will assume the new role on Monday. He succeeds Emily Detwiler, who had led the organization since August 2019.
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Crown Media Family Networks said it is taking the new name Hallmark Media.
The California-based unit of Hallmark Cards Inc. made the announcement at a meeting of the Television Critics Association. In a Wednesday release, unit CEO Wonya Lucas said it only made sense to lead with the “iconic” Hallmark name.
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This is the second defense contract announced in the past several days by the fast-growing Leawood artificial intelligence and machine learning specialist.
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Propio Language Services, already one of the Kansas City-area’s fastest-growing companies, added another acquisition. The Overland Park-based company claims the new deal makes it one of the world’s largest remote interpretation companies.
Propio purchased Portland-based Telelanguage, according to a Thursday release. The companies did not disclose terms of the deal.
Telelanguage, founded in 1991, provides remote interpretation services for more than 350 languages through thousands of interpreters…