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EPC Contractor Wrapping Up 250 MWh Energy Storage System

Wärtsilä is in the final construction stages of the LeConte energy storage project, a 250 MWh system in Calexico, Calif., that Wärtsilä - as...

Gore Street Acquiring 400 MWh Energy Storage System from Avantus

Avantus has sold the Big Rock 1 energy storage project to Gore Street Energy Storage Fund, a London-based publicly traded fund managed by Gore...

Ramboll to Support Design of New Floating Offshore Wind Technology

Fred. Olsen 1848 has tapped Ramboll to accelerate the design of its Brunel floating wind turbine foundation technology. Brunel is a semi-submersible steel foundation with...

IberBlue Wind Developing 990 MW Offshore Wind Farm

IberBlue Wind has announced the development of its first project for Portugal: a floating offshore wind farm - Botafogo - off the coast of...

NYK to Support Siemens Gamesa Offshore Wind Installation with CTV

Siemens Gamesa has signed a contract with global logistics firm NYK for a crew transport vessel (CTV) that will be used for an offshore...

ITOCHU Takes Stake in Prairie Switch Wind Project

Japanese trade firm ITOCHU Corp. has reached an agreement with investment manager and developer Fengate Asset Management to invest in the 160 MW Prairie...

NY Regulators Approve Series of Major Transmission Upgrades

The New York State Public Service Commission has authorized a large number of upstate transmission system upgrades that are designed to alleviate bottlenecks in...

TotalEnergies, Corio Generation Partnering on Offshore Wind Development

Offshore wind and renewable energy developers TotalEnergies and Corio Generation have signed a joint venture partnership to develop the Formosa 3 offshore wind farms...

Report Suggests Vineyard Wind Is Exceeding Jobs and Economic Output Forecasts

An analysis of job and expenditure data from the Vineyard Wind project collected from 2017 through September 2022 shows that Vineyard Wind’s reported numbers...

Hexicon, IX Wind Partnering on Floating Offshore Wind Project

Hexicon and IX Wind say they are teaming up to provide services for the development and construction of a 1.3 GW floating offshore wind...

BOEM Issues Draft EIS for Massachusetts Offshore Wind Project

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has released the draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed 2.4 GW SouthCoast Wind project off...

Sif Ready to Launch Construction on Monopile Foundation Manufacturing Facility

Sif Holding N.V. says it has made a final investment decision on €328 million in financing to construct the world’s largest monopile foundation manufacturing...

Turbine Manufacturer Planning to Build Facility in NY

Siemens Gamesa says it intends to build a major offshore nacelle manufacturing facility in New York, subject to the company’s wind turbines being selected...

Ontario Grid Operator Signs Agreement for Oneida Energy Storage Project

Northland Power Inc. has executed an energy storage facility agreement (ESFA) with the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) for the Oneida Energy Storage Project...

Offshore Wind Madness: Eolos, ZX Lidars Record Intense Weather

Eolos Floating Lidar Solutions, a provider of metocean data for the offshore wind industry, has released details of extreme conditions passing by Jindo, on...

Merit Controls Releases Grid Integration Platform Aimed at Renewables

Merit Controls, a provider of grid integration products and services for utility-scale renewable energy power plants, has debuted its flagship PiQ41 grid integration product...

Skanska to Lead Construction Action for South Brooklyn Marine Terminal

Equinor and bp have selected Skanska USA as the construction manager for the port upgrade of the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal (SBMT). Located in southwest...

Enel Reports Boom in Renewables Development Activity in 2022

Enel North America says it built 1.98 GW of utility-scale wind, solar and battery storage capacity across the U.S. and Canada in 2022, as...

New Illinois Law Wipes Out Local Government Ability to Squash Renewables Projects

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has signed HB4412, which contains measures that protect Illinois-based clean energy projects from a growing number of local bans. The bill...

Floating Wind Turbine Notches Five Years of Successful Operation

BW Ideol says it continues to see strong operational results from its five-year-old 2 MW Floatgen demonstrator wind turbine, showing a capacity factor of...

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