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Smaller clean energy partnerships may pave way to LES decarbonization

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LES wind turbines, 11.25

A Lincoln Electric System wind turbine is seen in this photo taken Wednesday. The utility's board voted last month to achieve net-zero carbon emissions within the next 20 years.

LES solar panels

Lincoln Electric System's solar panels west of Lincoln in December 2016.

A Lincoln Electric System wind turbine is seen in this photo taken on Wednesday. The utility's board voted last month to achieve net-zero carbon emissions within the next 20 years.

A Lincoln Electric System wind turbine is seen in this photo taken last week. 

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Following a decade of expanded investment in wind energy and other renewable energy and the termination of a partnership with a local coal plant, Lincoln Electric System has committed to achieving net-zero carbon emissions within the next 20 years.

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R-Project and the Sandhills

Stuart Scranton walks across his land north of Thedford. Nebraska Public Power District wants to put a new, larger power line across his land.

BLAINE CO., NEB. - 02/18/15 - A windmill stands dwarfed by the Sandhills along the North Loup River on Wednesday, Feb 18, 2015 at a ranch in Blaine County. TESSA LIGHTY/Lincoln Journal Star

BLAINE CO., NEB. - 02/18/15 - Bob Harms, left, a wildlife biologist for US Fish and Wildlife, talks to Justin Bradley, right, about his land on Wednesday, Feb 18, 2015 along the North Loup River in Blaine County. Harms job is to determine whether the power line would have a significant impact on the wildlife along the proposed power line route. TESSA LIGHTY/Lincoln Journal Star

Tires placed around the base of a power line help keep the sand from caving in and blowing away. This line is on the Scranton Ranch in Thomas County.

LINCOLN CO., NEB. - 02/19/15 - Different species of migratory birds, such as mallards and Canada geese, fly from Birdwood Creek on Thursday, Feb 19, 2015 at the Fleecs ranch near Sutherland. Birdwood Creek is a spring-fed creek that stays flowing all year long. The proposed power line would cut across Birdwood Creek. TESSA LIGHTY/Lincoln Journal Star

BLAINE CO., NEB. - 02/18/15 - ATVs were required to get up on the Sandhills on Wednesday, Feb 18, 2015 at a ranch in Blaine County. Ordinarily, the ranchers will use horses to navigate the terrain. TESSA LIGHTY/Lincoln Journal Star

BLAINE CO., NEB. - 02/18/15 - Bob Bernt, left, and Dave Hutchinson, right, roll out maps of the proposed NPPD power line route, and the alternative route they came up with on Wednesday, Feb 18, 2015 at a ranch in Blaine County. Bernt is "a concerned sandhiller" and Hutchinson is a rancher. TESSA LIGHTY/Lincoln Journal Star

BLAINE CO., NEB. - 02/18/15 - Sand is mixed with snow and plants on Wednesday, Feb 18, 2015 at a sandhill on a ranch in Blaine County. TESSA LIGHTY/Lincoln Journal Star

BLAINE CO., NEB. - 02/18/15 - Frank Utter, a rancher, herds mules through a gate on Wednesday, Feb 18, 2015 at a ranch along the North Loup River in Blaine County. TESSA LIGHTY/Lincoln Journal Star

Migratory birds including mallards and Canada geese fly over Birdwood Creek near Sutherland. The spring-fed creek is in the path of a NPPD power line.

BLAINE CO., NEB. - 02/18/15 - Justin Bradley, left, walks next to Bob Harms, right, on Wednesday, Feb 18, 2015 at Bradley's ranch land along the North Loup River in Blaine County. US Fish and Wildlife Biologist Bob Harms was surveying the land to see if the proposed NPPD power line would have a significant impact on the wildlife. TESSA LIGHTY/Lincoln Journal Star

A power line runs through ranch land north of Thedford, not far from where another rancher has fought plans to construct a $361 million transmission line.

BLAINE CO., NEB. - 02/18/15 - A bald eagle's nest rests in a tree on Wednesday, Feb 18, 2015 at a ranch along the North Loup River in Blaine County. According to the rancher, Justin Bradley, the nest has been there for more than five years. TESSA LIGHTY/Lincoln Journal Star

BLAINE CO., NEB. - 02/18/15 - A fence divides a ranch in the Sandhills on Wednesday, Feb 18, 2015 at a ranch along the North Loup River in Blaine County. TESSA LIGHTY/Lincoln Journal Star

LINCOLN CO., NEB. - 02/19/15 - Mallards fly over Birdwood Creek on Thursday, Feb 19, 2015 at the Fleecs ranch in Lincoln County. Birdwood Creek is a spring feed creek that stays flowing all year long. TESSA LIGHTY/Lincoln Journal Star

BLAINE CO., NEB. - 02/18/15 - ATVs were required to get up on the Sandhills on Wednesday, Feb 18, 2015 at a ranch in Blaine County. Ordinarily, the ranchers will use horses to navigate the terrain. TESSA LIGHTY/Lincoln Journal Star

LINCOLN CO., NEB. - 02/19/15 - Mike Kelly, a rancher, shows the proposed route of the NPPD power line on Thursday, Feb 19, 2015. TESSA LIGHTY/Lincoln Journal Star

Tires help form the base of a power line at the Scranton ranch north of Thedford. NPPD plans to place another, larger power line on the same ranch land. 

A power line intersects ranch land on at the Scranton Ranch north of Thedford. NPPD has plans to build another power line through the same ranch land. T

Dave Hutchinson (from left), Bob Bernt, Bob Harms and Frank Utter stand on a ranch on along the North Loup River in Blaine County. Ranchers and members of the community are apprehensive of NPPD's plans to place a power line through the Sandhills.

Two bald eagles roost in a tree along the North Platte River in this 2015 photo taken during a tour of land through which NPPD's proposed R-Project power line would run.

LINCOLN CO., NEB. - 02/19/15 - US Fish and Wildlife Biologist Bob Harms was researching land near Sutherland on Thursday, Feb 19, 2015 at the Fleecs ranch. TESSA LIGHTY/Lincoln Journal Star

SUTHERLAND, NEB. - 02/19/15 - Mallards fly from the South Platte River on Jim Haugland's ranch land on Thursday, Feb 19, 2015. TESSA LIGHTY/Lincoln Journal Star

SUTHERLAND, NEB. - 02/19/15 - A truck zooms by on Interstate 80 running through Jim Haugland's land on Thursday, Feb 19, 2015. NPPD has proposed to run a power line through Haugland's land. TESSA LIGHTY/Lincoln Journal Star

A mallard swims on the South Platte River running through Jim Haugland's land on Feb 19. NPPD has proposed to place a power line on Haugland's land.

Jim Haugland talks about his land on Thursday, Feb 19, 2015. NPPD has proposed to run a power line through Haugland's land. 

LINCOLN CO., NEB. - 02/19/15 - The Mormon Pioneer Trail ruts are along the route of the proposed NPPD power line on Thursday, Feb 19, 2015 near Sutherland. The sign is visible from Pioneer Trace Road. TESSA LIGHTY/Lincoln Journal Star

LINCOLN CO., NEB. - 02/19/15 - Birdwood Creek, a spring fed creek that stays flowing year round, making it a typical roosting spot for migratory birds, on Thursday, Feb 19, 2015 at a ranch near Sutherland. NPPD has plans for the power line to cut across the creek. TESSA LIGHTY/Lincoln Journal Star

Fog looms in the air on Fleecs land near Birdwood Creek and the proposed power line.

Birds fly over a pond on Fleecs land near Birdwood Creek.

Trumpeter swans in Birdwood Creek.

Trumpeter swans on a frozen pond on Fleecs land near Birdwood Creek.

Whooping cranes are visible in a field near Sutherland.

Trumpeter swans at Birdwood Creek.

Photos: R-Project and the Sandhills

NPPD proposes to place a power line through the Sandhills.

R-Project and the Sandhills

Stuart Scranton walks across his land north of Thedford. Nebraska Public Power District wants to put a new, larger power line across his land.

BLAINE CO., NEB. - 02/18/15 - A windmill stands dwarfed by the Sandhills along the North Loup River on Wednesday, Feb 18, 2015 at a ranch in Blaine County. TESSA LIGHTY/Lincoln Journal Star

BLAINE CO., NEB. - 02/18/15 - Bob Harms, left, a wildlife biologist for US Fish and Wildlife, talks to Justin Bradley, right, about his land on Wednesday, Feb 18, 2015 along the North Loup River in Blaine County. Harms job is to determine whether the power line would have a significant impact on the wildlife along the proposed power line route. TESSA LIGHTY/Lincoln Journal Star

Tires placed around the base of a power line help keep the sand from caving in and blowing away. This line is on the Scranton Ranch in Thomas County.

LINCOLN CO., NEB. - 02/19/15 - Different species of migratory birds, such as mallards and Canada geese, fly from Birdwood Creek on Thursday, Feb 19, 2015 at the Fleecs ranch near Sutherland. Birdwood Creek is a spring-fed creek that stays flowing all year long. The proposed power line would cut across Birdwood Creek. TESSA LIGHTY/Lincoln Journal Star

BLAINE CO., NEB. - 02/18/15 - ATVs were required to get up on the Sandhills on Wednesday, Feb 18, 2015 at a ranch in Blaine County. Ordinarily, the ranchers will use horses to navigate the terrain. TESSA LIGHTY/Lincoln Journal Star

BLAINE CO., NEB. - 02/18/15 - Bob Bernt, left, and Dave Hutchinson, right, roll out maps of the proposed NPPD power line route, and the alternative route they came up with on Wednesday, Feb 18, 2015 at a ranch in Blaine County. Bernt is "a concerned sandhiller" and Hutchinson is a rancher. TESSA LIGHTY/Lincoln Journal Star

BLAINE CO., NEB. - 02/18/15 - Sand is mixed with snow and plants on Wednesday, Feb 18, 2015 at a sandhill on a ranch in Blaine County. TESSA LIGHTY/Lincoln Journal Star

BLAINE CO., NEB. - 02/18/15 - Frank Utter, a rancher, herds mules through a gate on Wednesday, Feb 18, 2015 at a ranch along the North Loup River in Blaine County. TESSA LIGHTY/Lincoln Journal Star

Migratory birds including mallards and Canada geese fly over Birdwood Creek near Sutherland. The spring-fed creek is in the path of a NPPD power line.

BLAINE CO., NEB. - 02/18/15 - Justin Bradley, left, walks next to Bob Harms, right, on Wednesday, Feb 18, 2015 at Bradley's ranch land along the North Loup River in Blaine County. US Fish and Wildlife Biologist Bob Harms was surveying the land to see if the proposed NPPD power line would have a significant impact on the wildlife. TESSA LIGHTY/Lincoln Journal Star

A power line runs through ranch land north of Thedford, not far from where another rancher has fought plans to construct a $361 million transmission line.

BLAINE CO., NEB. - 02/18/15 - A bald eagle's nest rests in a tree on Wednesday, Feb 18, 2015 at a ranch along the North Loup River in Blaine County. According to the rancher, Justin Bradley, the nest has been there for more than five years. TESSA LIGHTY/Lincoln Journal Star

BLAINE CO., NEB. - 02/18/15 - A fence divides a ranch in the Sandhills on Wednesday, Feb 18, 2015 at a ranch along the North Loup River in Blaine County. TESSA LIGHTY/Lincoln Journal Star

LINCOLN CO., NEB. - 02/19/15 - Mallards fly over Birdwood Creek on Thursday, Feb 19, 2015 at the Fleecs ranch in Lincoln County. Birdwood Creek is a spring feed creek that stays flowing all year long. TESSA LIGHTY/Lincoln Journal Star

BLAINE CO., NEB. - 02/18/15 - ATVs were required to get up on the Sandhills on Wednesday, Feb 18, 2015 at a ranch in Blaine County. Ordinarily, the ranchers will use horses to navigate the terrain. TESSA LIGHTY/Lincoln Journal Star

LINCOLN CO., NEB. - 02/19/15 - Mike Kelly, a rancher, shows the proposed route of the NPPD power line on Thursday, Feb 19, 2015. TESSA LIGHTY/Lincoln Journal Star

Tires help form the base of a power line at the Scranton ranch north of Thedford. NPPD plans to place another, larger power line on the same ranch land. 

A power line intersects ranch land on at the Scranton Ranch north of Thedford. NPPD has plans to build another power line through the same ranch land. T

Dave Hutchinson (from left), Bob Bernt, Bob Harms and Frank Utter stand on a ranch on along the North Loup River in Blaine County. Ranchers and members of the community are apprehensive of NPPD's plans to place a power line through the Sandhills.

Two bald eagles roost in a tree along the North Platte River in this 2015 photo taken during a tour of land through which NPPD's proposed R-Project power line would run.

LINCOLN CO., NEB. - 02/19/15 - US Fish and Wildlife Biologist Bob Harms was researching land near Sutherland on Thursday, Feb 19, 2015 at the Fleecs ranch. TESSA LIGHTY/Lincoln Journal Star

SUTHERLAND, NEB. - 02/19/15 - Mallards fly from the South Platte River on Jim Haugland's ranch land on Thursday, Feb 19, 2015. TESSA LIGHTY/Lincoln Journal Star

SUTHERLAND, NEB. - 02/19/15 - A truck zooms by on Interstate 80 running through Jim Haugland's land on Thursday, Feb 19, 2015. NPPD has proposed to run a power line through Haugland's land. TESSA LIGHTY/Lincoln Journal Star

A mallard swims on the South Platte River running through Jim Haugland's land on Feb 19. NPPD has proposed to place a power line on Haugland's land.

Jim Haugland talks about his land on Thursday, Feb 19, 2015. NPPD has proposed to run a power line through Haugland's land. 

LINCOLN CO., NEB. - 02/19/15 - The Mormon Pioneer Trail ruts are along the route of the proposed NPPD power line on Thursday, Feb 19, 2015 near Sutherland. The sign is visible from Pioneer Trace Road. TESSA LIGHTY/Lincoln Journal Star

LINCOLN CO., NEB. - 02/19/15 - Birdwood Creek, a spring fed creek that stays flowing year round, making it a typical roosting spot for migratory birds, on Thursday, Feb 19, 2015 at a ranch near Sutherland. NPPD has plans for the power line to cut across the creek. TESSA LIGHTY/Lincoln Journal Star

Fog looms in the air on Fleecs land near Birdwood Creek and the proposed power line.

Birds fly over a pond on Fleecs land near Birdwood Creek.

Trumpeter swans in Birdwood Creek.

Trumpeter swans on a frozen pond on Fleecs land near Birdwood Creek.

Whooping cranes are visible in a field near Sutherland.

Trumpeter swans at Birdwood Creek.

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This article has been updated to correct the title of Bud Synhorst, who is the Lincoln Independent Business Association's President and CEO.

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