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NREL: Los Angeles Can Reach Renewable Goals with Rapid Wind Deployment

Meeting Los Angeles’ ambitious goal of 100% renewable electricity by 2045 - or even 2035 - is achievable with the rapid deployment of wind,...

Siemens Energy Boosts LADWP’s Renewable Transmission

Siemens Energy, a global energy company, says it will supply a reactive power compensation plant to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power...

GWEC: Global Wind Power Needs to Triple Next Decade to Meet Net-Zero Goals

With 93 GW of new capacity installed, 2020 was the best year in history for the global wind industry - a 53% year-over-year increase...

VCE: Wind Generation Exceeded Expectations During Winter Storm Uri

During recent Winter Storm Uri, natural gas had the highest outage rate of all of Texas' generation types - in excess of 25,000 MW...

Nucor Secures VPPA with Orsted for Texas Wind Farm

Nucor Corp., a manufacturer of steel and steel products, has signed a 10-year virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with Ørsted Onshore North America LLC...

Vestas Tops GWEC List of World’s Largest Turbine Suppliers

Vestas, a Danish manufacturer, seller, installer and servicer of wind turbines, holds the title as the world’s largest supplier of wind turbines in 2020...

World Wind & Solar Adds Turbine O&M Service to Company Offerings

World Wind & Solar (WWS), a provider of operations and maintenance services for utility-scale wind and energy storage system (ESS) assets, says it is...

NIPSCO, EDP Renewables Finalize Long-Term PPA for Indiana Wind Project

EDP Renewables North America LLC and Northern Indiana Public Service Co. LLC (NIPSCO) have executed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) for an Indiana...

Oregon Representative Introduces Bill to Develop Floating Offshore Wind

State Rep. David Brock Smith, a Republican, has introduced a bill to the Oregon Legislative Assembly calling for the development of 3 GW of...

D.C. Adopts New Rules Requiring Renewable PPAs

The Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia (DCPSC) has adopted new rules to require 5% of the District’s standard offer service (SOS)...

South Fork Wind Given Green Light to Connect to New York Grid

The New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) has voted unanimously to grant South Fork Wind (SFW) a certificate of environmental compatibility and public...

Air Liquide Inks PPA with Vattenfall for Offshore Wind Capacity

Air Liquide, a company that specializes in gases, technologies and services for industry and health, has signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with...

TechnipFMC, Magnora Partnership Sets Sights on Floating Offshore Wind

TechnipFMC, a technology provider to traditional and new energy industries, has entered into an agreement with Magnora ASA to jointly pursue floating offshore wind...

GE Renewable Energy Expanding Workforce at French Manufacturing Site

GE Renewable Energy says its plans to recruit 300 employees at its LM Wind Power wind turbine blade manufacturing site in Cherbourg, France.  Every new...

RWE, ORE Catapult Studying Concrete Foundations for Floating Wind

RWE says it is partnering with Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, the U.K.-based technology innovation and research center for offshore renewable energy, to study...

Duke Energy Achieves Commerical Operation of Oklahoma Wind Project

Duke Energy Renewables, a commercial business unit of Duke Energy, says the largest wind power project in its fleet - the 350 MW Frontier...

UL Releases New Tool for Utility-Scale Renewable Systems

HOMER Energy by UL, a developer of energy modeling software, has unveiled its newest service - HOMER Front + UL Analysis.  The new capability helps...

Crowley, ESVAGT Partner to Bolster Vessel Availability for U.S. Offshore Wind Market

Crowley, a company that provides worldwide logistics, government, marine and energy solutions, and ESVAGT, a Danish shipping company, have formed a joint venture to...

DNV Creates Comprehensive Model to Predict Weather Patterns

DNV, a provider of advisory,  monitoring, verification and certification services for the energy value chain, says it has generated and analyzed 20,000 years of...

Nevada Offers California Compelling Solutions to Meet Climate Goals

As part of its Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has identified more than 2,000 MW of new renewable energy...

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