Keith Broyles, co-founder of KB Energy Co was first introduced to the wind industry in 1992 when he met Lois and went to work for Kenetech as a site representative at the Foote Creek Rim wind energy project and traveled with them across the west assisting in other wind energy development projects.
In 1995 Keith took a position at TICORA Geosciences as a Field Lab Manager/Engineering Technician Level II for a mobile coal laboratory, performing data collection, compilation and analysis as well as assisting on well final reporting. This work included tireless attention to detail and data handling. Skills learned here would carry over to the wind industry, specifically the met tower side and the data collected for wind resource assessment projects.
In 1997 Keith took a position as the Assistant Construction Manager for SeaWest Windpower on the 44.4 MW Foote Creek Rim wind project. Supervising the crews that were building roads, excavating foundations, laying conduit, pouring foundations and erecting towers and nacelles.
Due to the growing industry demand for a professional met tower installation company, Keith founded KB Energy and has installed meteorological towers in every state west of the Mississippi and two Canadian provinces.
Lois Broyles co-founded the company. She excels in arranging schedules and organization for the ever increasing clientele base and always changing scheduling. She also handles the accounting associated with the business and coordinates with our accounting firm to keep things running smoothly.
Lois received her Bachelors degree from the University of Wyoming in 1995.
Among all her other duties Lois helps out daily on the family ranch, helping out in the duties of ranch life and raising purebred Arabian horses.
Keith and Lois are blessed with 3 children; Scott (8), Annetta (5) and Rachel (4). We all affectionately call the 000 (Three Circle) Ranch at Arlington Wyoming, our home. Lois' family are fourth generation ranchers in the Rock Creek Valley on a 260 cow/calf operation. Roots run deep here as does a love for the land, cattle and respect for the environment.
The 000 Ranch boasts 66 Mitsubishi 600 KW wind turbines that are 40 meters (132') in height, which are situated atop the now famous Foote Creek Rim. Foote Creek has one of the highest rated production capacity factors of any wind energy facility in North America.
"The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from or where it goes..."
words of Jesus Christ...John 3:8
The Foote Creek Rim wind energy facility, Three Circle Ranch, Arlington Wyoming.
