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Peninsula Clean Energy to Take 220 MW of SunZia Wind Power

Peninsula Clean Energy, a community choice aggregation agency and the electricity provider for San Mateo County, Calif., and the City of Los Banos, Calif.,...

DOE Putting Funds Toward Long-Duration Energy Storage Projects

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced up to $325 million for 15 projects across 17 states and one tribal nation to accelerate...

Offshore Wind Presenting New Slew of Unique Challenges and Risks

In a new report, “A Turning Point for Offshore Wind,” renewable energy insurance specialist Allianz Commercial highlights growth opportunities, tech innovations, risk trends, and...

Scout Holds Blade-Signing Ceremony at Sweetland Wind Project

Scout Clean Energy, a Colorado-based renewable energy developer and owner/operator, recently celebrated the ongoing construction of the 200 MW Sweetland Wind Project with landowners,...

State Governors Seeking Federal Help for Offshore Wind Industry

A group of U.S. governors is calling on the Biden administration to help ease the “extraordinary economic challenges” that have combined to threaten not...

Rhode Island Energy Will Not Pursue Revolution Wind 2

Electric utility Rhode Island Energy has decided that it will not be moving forward on a long-term power purchase agreement with Orsted and Eversource...

Siemens Gamesa Introduces New Wind Turbine to Lineup

Siemens Gamesa has debuted its SG 4.4-164 onshore wind turbine: a high-capacity-factor machine that the company says was designed specifically for the United States. “With...

Moraine Sands Wind Project Obtains Construction Loan, Tax Equity

Cordelio Power, a renewable power producer focused on the U.S. and Canada, has closed a construction loan facility and tax equity commitment for the...

AES Wraps Up First Phase of 454 MW Arizona Wind Farm

Utility and power-generation company AES has initiated commercial operations for the first phase of the Chevelon Butte wind farm, located on the Chevelon Butte...

Cape May County Comes Out Swinging Against Ocean Wind Offshore Projects

This week, the Cape May County Board of County Commissioners unanimously passed a resolution that outlines stiff opposition to Orsted’s Ocean Wind 1 and...

One More Step for 1 GW+ Ocean Wind 1 Project

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has completed its environmental analysis of the proposed Ocean Wind 1 wind project off the shores of...

Federal Court Confirms Critical Approvals for Vineyard Wind

The U.S. District Court in Massachusetts this week upheld important federal approvals for the 800 MW Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm, which is...

Federal Approval Opens Door for Start of Construction on 3 GW SunZia Transmission Project

The Bureau of Land Management has approved the route for Pattern Energy’s SunZia Transmission project, enabling construction to begin on the massive renewable energy...

deugro Danmark Building Pair of Specialized Offshore Wind Vessels

deugro Danmark and partners Siemens Gamesa and Amasus Offshore are bringing two newly designed vessels customized for transporting offshore wind turbine components to the...

IberBlue Wind Proposes Floating Offshore Wind Farm in Spanish Waters

IberBlue Wind, a joint venture of Simply Blue Group, Proes Consultores and FF New Energy Ventures, says it is developing a floating offshore wind...

Richardson Electronics Debuts UPS System for Wind Turbines

Richardson Electronics Ltd. has released its new patent-pending ULTRAUPS3000 hybrid ultracapacitor uninterrupted power supply (UPS) for wind turbine control systems and other industrial applications...

Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind Draft EIS Is Released

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has released the draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind Project 1 and...

CIP, Statkraft Win Auction for 500 MW Offshore Wind Project

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and Statkraft have secured a 500 MW contract through Ireland’s Offshore Renewable Electricity Support Scheme 1 (ORESS-1) auction for the...

California Positioned as Key Market for West Coast Offshore Wind

Offshore Wind California (OWC), the organizer of this week’s Pacific Offshore Wind Summit in Sacramento, says speakers at the summit have focused on the...

Innovative Childcare Program Will Support NY Offshore Wind Workers

Community Offshore Wind is partnering with United Way to launch the C.A.R.E. Program - Childcare Affordability and Resource Equity - a $10 million childcare...

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