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RWE to Build Largest Offshore Wind Farm in Denmark

RWE has entered into a concession agreement with the Danish Energy Agency and the Danish government to build the Thor Offshore Wind Farm (Thor...
Apex Energy

Meta Signs PPA for Great Pathfinder Wind Project in Iowa

Apex Clean Energy has executed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Meta for the full capacity of Great Pathfinder Wind, a 225 MW project...

First New York Offshore Wind Farm Attains Agency Approval

The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has approved South Fork Wind’s construction and operations plan (COP), clearing the...

Utility Submits Proposal for 2,042 MW of Wind Power

MidAmerican Energy has filed a proposed project with the Iowa Utilities Board that would add 2,042 megawatts of wind generation and 50 megawatts of...

Orsted, KOSPO Partner to Develop Offshore Wind Projects

Ørsted and state-owned utility provider Korea Southern Power (KOSPO) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), forming a partnership to jointly develop an 800...

SSE Renewables, Marubeni, CIP Gain Rights to Build Giant Floating Offshore Wind Farm

SSE Renewables and partners Marubeni Corp. and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) have won rights in the ScotWind leasing round from Crown Estate Scotland for...

Falck Renewables, BlueFloat Energy Secure ScotWind Seabed Leases

The Falck Renewables and BlueFloat Energy partnership is celebrating the success of three of its bids to secure seabed leases for sites destined for...

Germany Sees 18% Growth in Offshore Share of Total Wind Energy Yields in 2021

In 2021, the transmission system operator TenneT transmitted around 20.3 TWh of offshore wind energy from the German North Sea to land. The annual...

Historic Auction Planned for Offshore Wind Development in New York and New Jersey

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland says the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold a wind power auction next month for more...
BOEM

BOEM Prepares Offshore Wind Environmental Assessment for the Gulf of Mexico

As part of the Biden-Harris administration’s goal of permitting 30 GW of offshore wind by 2030, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is...

Blackstone Infrastructure Invests $3 Billion in Invenergy

Funds managed by Blackstone Inc.’s Blackstone Infrastructure Partners have entered into a definitive agreement with Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) and...

1 GW+ Western Spirit Wind Reaches Construction Completion

Pattern Energy Group LP has completed construction and begun commercial operation on its suite of Western Spirit Wind power projects. Western Spirit Wind is...

Appalachian Power Looks to Add 500 MW of Renewable Energy in Near Future

Appalachian Power is seeking to acquire or contract for 294 MW of solar and 204 MW of wind power over the next three years...

TransAlta Places Order for Vestas Turbines for Oklahoma Wind Farms

Vestas has received a 301 MW order from TransAlta Corp. to power two Oklahoma wind projects. The order consists of 33 V162-6.0 MW turbines...

Enel Green Power Launches Operations at Oklahoma Wind Farm

Enel Green Power North America has begun operating two new clean power plants, including its first renewables-plus-storage hybrid project. The new additions come as...

Maryland Commission Awards ORECs to US Wind and Skipjack Offshore Energy

Maryland’s offshore wind portfolio is poised to grow substantially with a decision by the Maryland Public Service Commission to award offshore wind renewable energy...

ENGIE, Hannon Armstrong Complete Final Renewables Project in U.S. Portfolio

ENGIE North America Inc., a renewable energy project development and management company, and Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital Inc., an investor in climate solutions,...

Siemens Gamesa Installs SG 11.0-200 DD Machines at Ørsted’s Gode Wind 3

Siemens Gamesa has received a firm order for the supply of wind turbines for Ørsted’s Gode Wind 3 offshore development. The 242 MW offshore...

Mayflower Wind Wins 400 MW in Massachusetts’ Offshore Wind Energy Procurement

Offshore wind energy project developer Mayflower Wind has been awarded a 400 MW power purchase agreement (PPA) by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and its...

White Construction Wins Contract for California Wind Farm

Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives Inc.’s (IEA) White Construction subsidiary has secured a $44 million award to lead the construction of a 60 MW utility-scale...

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