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COOEC-Fluor Awarded Offshore Fabrication Contract
Fluor Corp., a global engineering, procurement, fabrication, construction and maintenance company, says its joint-venture COOEC-Fluor Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. fabrication yard in Zhuhai, China,...
Iberdrola Sets Sights on Japanese Offshore Wind Industry
Iberdrola, a Spanish multinational electric utility company, says it is targeting the Japanese market as a new platform for growth in renewable energy, specifically...
Fraunhofer IWES Opens Wind Turbine Testing Facility
In the first phase of a planned expansion, the Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems (IWES) says it planning to put a new test...
New York Creates Office of Renewable Energy Siting
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced the availability of proposed regulations that would implement the Accelerated Renewable Energy Growth and Community Benefit Act.
The draft...
Vermilion Wind Commences Development in Illinois
Vermilion Wind, a 255 MW, 15,000-acre wind project - projected to be the largest in East Central Illinois - has commenced its development phase...
Vestas, Hempel Partner on Wind Turbine Protection Solutions
Vestas, a Danish manufacturer, seller, installer and servicer of wind turbines, and Hempel, a supplier of coating solutions, have entered into a new strategic...
Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives Awarded Indiana EPC Wind Contract
Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives Inc., a construction company with renewable energy and specialty civil expertise, has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC)...
Vestas Appoints Medina President of Vestas North America
Eduardo Medina, currently president of Vestas Mediterranean, has been appointed president of Vestas North America.
Simultaneously, Javier Rodriguez Diez, currently senior vice president of global...
Henkel Signs VPPA for New Texas Wind Farm
Henkel, a German chemical and consumer goods company, has signed a large-scale virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) for new wind power in Bee County,...
MYR Group Awarded Contract for Transmission Upgrade Project
MYR Group Inc., a holding company of specialty contractors serving the electrical infrastructure market in the U.S. and western Canada, has executed a contract...
Nordex Group Installs the First N149/5.X Turbine
Nordex Group has installed the first N149/5.X turbine, at the Genshagener Heide wind farm near Potsdam, Germany.
In spring 2019, the Nordex Group opened the...
RPMA Signs PPA with CIPCO
RPM Access LLC (RPMA), an independent Iowa wind developer, has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Central Iowa Power Cooperative (CIPCO), a...
North Carolina Hires BVG Associates to Assess Offshore Wind Potential
The North Carolina Department of Commerce has identified and hired an international consulting company to help the agency assess North Carolina’s potential as an...
Equinor Enters Agreement to Sell East Coast Wind Assets
Equinor has entered into an agreement with BP to sell 50% of its non-operated interests in the Empire Wind and Beacon Wind assets on...
Orsted Names Nipper Next CEO
Ørsted’s board of directors has appointed Mads Nipper group president and CEO as of Jan. 1, 2021. Nipper is currently group president and CEO...
NJBPU Opens Application Window for Second Solicitation of Offshore Wind
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) has voted unanimously to open the application window for the state’s second solicitation of offshore wind...
Rapid Development of Clean Energy Needed to Meet Global Climate Goals
A major effort to develop and deploy clean energy technologies worldwide is urgently needed to meet international energy and climate goals, particularly in order...
NJBPU, NJEDA Approve Two MOUs for Offshore Wind, Clean Energy Projects
The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) and the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) have approved two memoranda of understanding (MOUs) that...
Companies Jointly Pursuing Japanese Offshore Wind
Equinor, an offshore wind developer, Jera and J-Power have entered a joint bid agreement prior to Japan’s upcoming Round 1 offshore wind auction.
The three...
Akuo-Led Consortium Completes Financing of Illinois Wind Farm
A consortium led by Akuo and composed of Harrison Street, Morgan Stanley and GE Energy Financial Services (GE EFS) has reached the financial close...