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PGE Signs Up for 311 MW from Clearwater Wind Farm in Montana

Portland General Electric Co. (PGE) plans to procure 311 MW of energy from the Clearwater Wind project, a 775 MW wind site in Montana...

Sempra, Silicon Valley Power Sign PPA with Santa Clara for Cimarron Wind Farm

Sempra Infrastructure and Silicon Valley Power (SVP) have entered into a 20-year power purchase agreement for the long-term supply of renewable energy to the...

BNOW Proposes Framework for Regional Wind Transmission Collaboration

The Business Network for Offshore Wind (BNOW) has released a new policy brief, Proposal for Coordinated Transmission Development for Offshore Wind in Multi-State RTOs,...

ECP Takes 50 Percent Ownership of Three Orsted Wind Farms

Ørsted has closed a transaction with Energy Capital Partners (ECP), an energy transition-focused investor, to divest a 50% ownership stake in a portfolio consisting...

LineVision Deploys Renewable Energy, Line Rating Project for National Grid

National Grid, an investor-owned utility, is installing sensors from LineVision, a provider of non-contact overhead power line monitoring systems, on transmission lines in western...

Morten Pilgaard Rasmussen Rises to Chief Technology Officer for Siemens Gamesa

Siemens Gamesa has appointed Morten Pilgaard Rasmussen to the newly created position of global chief technology officer (CTO), tasked with accelerating harmonization and standardization...

Wind Catching Systems Receives Grant to Develop Floating Multi-Turbine Tech

ENOVA has awarded a technology development grant of $2.1 million to Wind Catching Systems AS to support the design and testing of the wind...

BayWa r.e. Applies for 600 MW Subsidy-Free Commercial Floating Wind Project

BayWa r.e. has submitted a permit application for a subsidy-free commercial floating offshore wind project off the Portuguese coast. The company is now entering...

American Clean Power Appeals to FERC for Grid Interconnection Improvements

The American Clean Power Association (ACP) has filed comments with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) highlighting multiple opportunities to improve the interconnection process...

SSE Reaches Halfway Milestone with 57 Turbines Installed at Seagreen Wind Farm

Half of the 114 turbines that will make up Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm are now in place in the North Sea off the...

Salamander Floating Wind Project Reaches Environmental Milestone

The Salamander floating offshore wind project has completed the geophysical and environmental survey works for 2022 at the site off the east coast of...

Atlantic Shores Chooses Vestas V236-15.0 MW Turbines for N.J. Project

Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, a 50/50 partnership between Shell New Energies and EDF Renewables, has selected Vestas as the preferred supplier for its 1.5...

Orsted Submits Ocean Wind 1 Permit to New Jersey DEP

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has received a permit application from Orsted Ocean Wind to construct near-shore and onshore components associated with...

EDPR NA Begins Construction on 202 MW Indiana Wind Farm

EDP Renewables North America (EDPR NA) has started construction at the 202 MW Indiana Crossroads II Wind Farm in White County, Ind. The project...

TotalEnergies Utilizes REGENT Electric Seagliders for Travel to Offshore Platforms

REGENT, a company utilizing electric seagliders for sustainable high-speed maritime travel, and TotalEnergies are partnering to explore the use of REGENT’s all-electric seaglider for...

Transoft, Goldwind Partner on Wind Power Transportation Planning

Transoft Shanghai and Goldwind International have formed a strategic partnership consisting of collaborative projects involving in-depth research and analysis to assist Goldwind in providing...

ORIX USA Takes Equity Position in Texas Wind Farm

ORIX Corporation USA’s Strategic Solutions group has completed an equity investment in a 150 MW wind farm located near Amarillo, Texas. The wind farm consists...

Orsted Looking Into New Battery Technology for Dispatchable Renewable Energy

Energy Dome says it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ørsted to run a feasibility study on the deployment of a 20 MW/200...

Vestas Chosen as Preferred Supplier for Baltic Power Offshore Wind Project

Baltic Power Sp. z o.o, a joint venture between PKN ORLEN S.A. and Northland Power Inc., has chosen Vestas as the preferred turbine supplier...

RWE Invests in Environmental Tech for Onshore Wind Construction, Operations

RWE is testing two innovative, promising technologies at a new onshore wind farm in Spain. These technologies are intended to reduce the impact on...

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