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Van Oord’s Svanen Arrives at Kriegers Flak Wind Farm
Svanen, Van Oord’s heavy lift vessel, has arrived at the Danish Kriegers Flak offshore wind field in the Baltic Sea. The Svanen will commence...
Avangrid Begins Construction on La Joya Wind Farm
Construction has begun on 35,000 acres of state trust land for the La Joya Wind Farm in Torrance County, N.M., located about 10 miles...
NREL: Gulf of Mexico Well-Positioned for Offshore Development
With its shallow, warm waters, smaller than average wave heights and close proximity to existing offshore oil and gas infrastructure, the Gulf of Mexico...
Wind Power PTC Safe Harbor Relief Is Coming
The U.S. Department of the Treasury is poised to adjust the current safe-harbor guidelines for both the production tax credit (PTC) and investment tax...
GIG, RIDG Partner to Bid in ScotWind
Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG) and Scottish offshore wind developer Renewable Infrastructure Development Group (RIDG) have entered a partnership to compete in ScotWind, the...
Parkwind, Bladt Sign Substation Construction Agreement
Parkwind and Bladt have signed an agreement for the design, fabrication and installation of the Arcadis Ost 1 substation in the German Baltic Sea....
Van Oord Installs First Slip-Joint Turbine Foundation
Van Oord has successfully installed a slip-joint foundation at the Borssele Wind Farm Site V. It is the first time anywhere that a submerged...
ALLETE Clean Energy Secures Funding for Newest Wind Site
ALLETE Clean Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of ALLETE, has sold Class A passive membership interests in Great American West Wind LLC to JPM...
Golden Plains Wind Farm Achieves Commercial Operation
Alliant Energy and EDF Renewables say the 200 MW Golden Plains project has achieved commercial operation and is now delivering clean electricity to Iowa...
A Primer on Early-Stage Offshore Wind Development
In Europe, new offshore wind projects are in development on a zero-subsidy basis, while markets across the globe are opening up: The U.S. saw...
Renewable Guard Partners with Hailsure on Hail Insurance
Renewable Guard Insurance Brokers LLC, an independent renewable energy insurance brokerage firm, has entered a partnership with Hailsure Underwriting Managers LLC to deliver a...
WindESCo Closes Round of Series B Funding
WindESCo Inc., a wind energy performance optimization company, has closed a $10 million Series B funding round led by WAVE Equity Partners, with participation...
MHI Vestas Sources Blade Materials in Taiwan
MHI Vestas has confirmed a purchase agreement with Swancor to source several key blade manufacturing components in Taiwan.
This contract strengthens Swancor’s presence in the...
Dominion Remains on Schedule to Construct Virginia Offshore Project
Dominion Energy and its contractors have remained on track to ensure the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project remains on schedule to become an...
DTE’s Polaris Wind Park Reaches Commerical Operation
DTE Energy, a Detroit-based diversified energy company, says its Polaris Wind park, located in mid-Michigan’s Gratiot County, is operational.
With 68 turbines generating 168 MW,...
Digital Realty Reaches Wind Energy Agreement
Digital Realty, a provider of cloud- and carrier-neutral data center, colocation and interconnection solutions, has reached a new 7.5-year power and renewable energy credit...
ACORE, WSA Advance Renewable Energy Sector
The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) and the Wind Solar Alliance (WSA), two national nonprofit organizations dedicated to accelerating the transition to renewable...
Wind Provides More New Capacity than Natural Gas
Solar, wind and hydropower provided 85.7% of new U.S. electric generating capacity during the first two months of 2020 - notably more than natural...
Oriel Wind Farm Concludes Geotechnical Campaign
The Oriel offshore wind farm has successfully concluded a month-long geotechnical survey campaign during March. It was performed by Geoquip AS, an offshore contractor...
Spirit AeroSystems Powers Kansas Aircraft Factory
Spirit AeroSystems says Kansas public utility regulators cleared a path for the company's complete conversion to renewable wind-generated electricity for its 12.8 million square-foot...