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CleanPowerPays Launches Website Cataloging Texas Renewables

Wind power, solar power and energy storage projects are providing new economic opportunities for rural Texas counties, bringing needed diversification, economic development, job creation...

U.S. Transmission System Needs Overhaul to Meet Renewable Goals

The current processes in and between regional transmission organizations (RTOs) are impeding the development of low-cost renewable power, according to a review recently released...

The Crown Estate Designing New Leasing Opportunity for Floating Wind Projects

The Crown Estate, a collection of lands and holdings in the U.K., says it is commencing work to design and deliver a new leasing...

Invenergy Completes Construction Financing for 999 MW Oklahoma Wind Farm

Invenergy, a privately held global developer and operator of sustainable energy solutions, has completed construction financing for the 999 MW Traverse Wind Energy Center. Located...

EIB Co-Finances Construction of French Offshore Wind Farm

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted a €350 million credit line to a consortium made up of EDF Renouvelables, Enbridge and wpd to...

BayWa Upgrades to Latest OneView Asset Management Solution

BayWa r.e. Wind LLC, a developer, owner and operator of wind parks across the U.S., has upgraded its system to the latest generation of...

Greelink Nevada Renewable Energy Initiative Receives PUCN Approval

The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (PUCN) has approved moving forward on NV Energy's Greenlink Nevada transmission and renewable energy initiative. NV Energy says Greenlink...

Offshore Wind Has Potential to Generate Double U.S. Electricity Demand

Offshore wind has the potential to deliver 90% of the U.S. projected 2050 electricity demand, according to "Offshore Wind for America," a new report...

Iberdrola Increases Stake in Japanese Offshore Wind Market

Iberdrola has increased its presence in the Japanese offshore wind market with a new 600 MW project following an agreement with local developer Cosmo...

Bechtel, Hexicon Exploring Feasibility of Floating Offshore Wind Tech

Bechtel, a global engineering, construction and project management company, is partnering with Hexicon, a wind farm developer, to demonstrate offshore wind technology for large-scale...

Enel Green Power Secures PPAs for Azure Sky

MilliporeSigma, Akamai Technologies Inc., Synopsys and Uber, with support from Sustainability Roundtable Inc.’s Net Zero Consortium for Buyers, have signed power purchase agreements with...

GE Research Successfully Demonstrates Megawatt-Scale Wind Power Converter

A team of engineers in the Electrical Systems group at GE Research has achieved one of the world’s firsts in the power conversion sector,...

Cadeler Secures Turbine Transportation, Installation Contract

Cadeler A/S, a provider of installation services and operations and maintenance works for the offshore wind industry, has signed its largest contract to date. Siemens...

BNEF: U.S., China at Forefront of Wind Market’s Record-Setting Year

In a record-setting year, the wind market commissioned nearly 100 GW of new build in 2020. Undeterred by the coronavirus pandemic, installations grew 59%...

Chinese Offshore Wind Farm Turns to Siemens for Transformer Solution

Siemens Energy says it will install 22 units of distribution transformers at China’s first commercial 66 kV offshore wind farm, the 300 MW Yuhuan...

Orsted Inks PPA for Haystack Wind

Ørsted, a company that develops, constructs and operates offshore and onshore wind farms, has signed a long-term power purchase agreement with Target and Hormel...

Lacombe Becomes President of Obstruction Lighting Specialist Technostrobe

Technostrobe, a manufacturer of obstruction lighting systems for marine and air navigation, has appointed Francis Lacombe as the company's president. He will be taking...

U.S. Offshore Wind on Cusp of Tremendous Growth

After years of expansion, primarily due to state government actions, the U.S. offshore wind industry is primed for exponential growth under the Joe Biden...

NRG Systems Opens ZX Lidars Service, Support Center

NRG Systems Inc., a designer and manufacturer of smart technologies for a range of wind, solar and meteorological applications, has opened a ZX Lidars...

ACCIONA, SSE Renewables Form Joint Venture to Develop Offshore Wind

ACCIONA, a company that specializes in the development and management of infrastructure and renewable energy, and SSE Renewables, a developer, constructor, operator and owner...

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