Cielo Wind Power

 While the Panhandle waits for transmission lines to bring its wind power to the rest of Texas, a wind developer has rewarded students for being Earth friendly.

Cielo Wind Power of Austin held its annual Earth Day Wind Ball in Vega on April 18 and awarded scholarships to students who wrote essays about being stewards of the Earth.
Recipients include Shelley Fangman of Vega, Anna Rebecca Johnson of Adrian, Amelia Taylor of Clarendon, Trent Daniel Britten of Groom, Skyler Michele Conatser of Hedley, Chase Bohler of McLean, Keslie Satterwhite of Panhandle, and Tim Poland and Thomas Rapstine of White Deer.

Cielo’s last local venture was the Wildorado Wind Ranch. It sold a large interest in the venture to Edison Mission of California, but the companies are working on the second phase that should stretch from Wildorado to just over the Potter County line along the Canadian River Breaks.

- Globe-News staff