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MTS Systems Acquires Wind Power Test Systems Firm R&D

MTS Systems Corp., a supplier of high-performance test and simulation systems and sensors, is acquiring the operating entities of R&D, including R&D Test Systems,...

KORE Power Energy Storage System Puts Safety Up Top

KORE Power, a developer of high-density, high-voltage energy storage solutions, has introduced a number of safety features in the design of its Mark 1...

Saft Energy Storage System Paired with 21 MW Wind Farm

Saft, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Total, has won an order for three Intensium Max 20 High Energy containers from TuuliWatti, the Finnish wind developer...

Utility Petitions CPUC for 200 MW of New Renewable Energy

Colorado Electric, a subsidiary of Black Hills Corp., has submitted a proposal to the Colorado Public Utilities Commission seeking approval of a plan that...

Anbaric: An Offshore Wind Power Pipeline for Southern New England

Offshore transmission developer Anbaric has filed an application with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) for non-exclusive rights-of-way to develop the Southern New...

NJ Boosting Offshore-Wind Target to 7.5 GW by 2035

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has signed Executive Order No. 92, which raises New Jersey’s offshore wind goal from 3,500 MW of offshore wind-generated...

AMSC Puts D-VAR STATCOM Orders to Work in Wind Industry

AMSC, an energy solutions provider serving power grid and wind industry firms, recently closed $20 million in D-VAR STATCOM system orders - the majority...

Enel Initiates Construction of North Dakota’s Aurora Wind Farm

Enel Green Power North America has started construction of the 299 MW Aurora wind farm in North Dakota. Expected to be fully operational by...

GREEN Act Proposes PTC, ITC Extensions

U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., has introduced the Growing Renewable Energy and Efficiency Now (GREEN) Act, which includes an extension of the wind power...

AEP Issues RFP for Wind, Solar Power Projects

AEP Energy Partners (AEPEP), a subsidiary of American Electric Power Co., is seeking proposals for offtake from new solar and new or repowered wind...

PJM Names New President and CEO

Grid operator PJM Interconnection has appointed Manu Asthana president and CEO, effective Jan. 1, 2020. Asthana has been working in the energy industry for more than...

New Joint Venture Sets Sights on Japanese Offshore Wind Market

Independent power producer Northland Power Inc. and Shizen Energy Inc. have formed Chiba Offshore Wind Inc., a 50/50 joint venture aimed at pursuing early-stage...

MHI Vestas 10 MW Turbines to Power Floating Offshore Project

Les Aeoliennes Flottantes du Golfe du Lion (EFGL) has selected MHI Vestas Offshore Wind’s 10 MW wind turbine for its 30 MW floating offshore...

Offshore Wind: ‘If We Blow It, We Won’t Catch Up’

Citing findings in a new IEA report, Offshore Wind Outlook 2019, the Business Network for Offshore Wind contends that other countries are sprinting ahead...

Offshore Wind Project in Taiwan Using Siemens Gamesa Machines

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) and Hai Long Offshore Wind have signed a preferred supplier agreement for the delivery and servicing of turbines on...

Dominion Energy Gets Behind Buildup of Wind, Solar Careers

Dominion Energy and nearly two dozen other organizations recently launched SHINE - Solar Hands-On Instructional Network of Excellence to train solar installers at Southside...

ENGIE Going with GE Turbines for OK, SD Wind Projects

ENGIE North America has chosen GE Renewable Energy to supply 180 wind turbines for two projects: 88 2.8-127 turbines for the King Plains wind...

Vestas to Deploy Bat Deterrent Systems from NRG

NRG Systems Inc. has signed a strategic agreement with Vestas Wind Systems A/S to offer turnkey bat deterrent systems, complete with installation and service,...

McDonald’s Completes Virtual PPA for Aviator Wind West Output

McDonald's has signed two long-term, large-scale virtual power purchase agreements to buy the renewable energy generated by Aviator Wind West and a solar project located in...

DTE Restructures to Support Growth of Renewable Energy Portfolio

DTE Energy has made three senior executive moves that the company says are aimed at accelerating its progress toward enhancing its renewable energy business, development strategies...

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