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AWEA’s Q3 Update: U.S. Wind Booming For Investors, Utilities & Corporations
The roster of U.S. wind projects under construction and in advanced development has reached the highest level since AWEA first measured the statistic at the beginning of 2016.
Global Infrastructure Partners Acquiring Equis Energy In $5B Megadeal
Equis Pte. Ltd. and U.S.-based investment fund Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) have announced the execution of binding documentation for the sale of 100% of Equis...
AWEA Underscores Growing Momentum In U.S. Offshore Wind Industry
Close to 1,000 attendees from around the world gathered in New York this week for the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) Offshore WINDPOWER Conference....
Xcel Taps Mortenson, Wanzek For Upper Midwest Wind Construction
Xcel Energy is going local for the construction of its major wind energy expansion in the Upper Midwest.
Golden Valley, Minn.-based Mortenson Construction will build...
Want To Invest In Massachusetts Offshore Wind? New Resources Offer Insight
The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) has released a report that aims to guide industry investment on potential locations for offshore wind manufacturing, as...
Vestas Wins U.S. Wind Order For 2 MW And 4 MW Platforms
Vestas has received a firm and unconditional order in the U.S. for 136 MW of turbines, including both 2 MW and 4 MW platforms.
The...
Energy Associations Speak Out Against Proposed DOE ‘Bailout’ Of Coal, Nuclear
In joint comments, the associations urged FERC not to adopt the DOE’s proposed rule, which they argue would provide out-of-market financial support to uneconomic coal and nuclear power plants in the wholesale electricity markets overseen by FERC.
Statoil’s New York Offshore Development Now Known As Empire Wind
Empire Wind has been selected as the project name for Statoil's offshore wind site off the southern coast of Long Island, N.Y.
The 79,350-acre site,...
MHI Vestas Takes V164-9.5 MW Testing To Clemson In South Carolina
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind and Clemson University in South Carolina have announced that all testing and verification of the V164-9.5 MW offshore wind turbine's...
Drone Education Joins Wind Curriculum At Northern Maine Community College
Now federally licensed to fly unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), a wind power technology instructor is bringing drone education to his students at Northern Maine...
Report: Renewables, Not Natural Gas, Should Replace Coal In New Mexico
Though the legislative effort to strengthen New Mexico’s renewable portfolio standard (RPS) did not pass earlier this year, a new analysis by the Union...
DNV GL Offers Testing-Based Verification Of Li-ion Battery Lifetimes
DNV GL has introduced Battery XT, which the global energy advisory and certification company says is a testing-based lifetime verification tool for lithium-ion batteries.
According...
Tradewind’s Rattlesnake Creek Wind To Power Facebook Data Center
Kansas-based Tradewind Energy is partnering with Facebook and the Omaha Public Power District in Nebraska on the Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project in Dixon County,...
Danish Wind Services Company Inks Bearkat Texas Deal
Denmark-based wind turbine installation and services company Global Wind Service (GWS) has been contracted by KranWind LLC to work on the Bearkat I wind...
Siemens Gamesa Announces Significant Executive Shake-Up
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has announced a number of new appointments and resignations among its executive management team.
Miguel Angel Lopez will be the...
CAISO Touts Strong Q3 For Western Energy Imbalance Market
The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) says benefits from the western Energy Imbalance Market (EIM) “remained strong” during the third quarter of 2017 (Q3’17).
The...
Substation Upgrade To Benefit West Virginia Wind Farm
Mon Power, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., is upgrading a transmission substation near Thomas, W.Va., to help connect a new wind farm to the...
Aqualis Offshore Snags Deals For New Jersey, Massachusetts Projects
London-headquartered Aqualis Offshore Ltd., a sister company of Offshore Wind Consultants Ltd. (OWC), has been awarded a contract to provide geotechnical site investigation supervision services at the Ocean Wind project off the coast of New Jersey.
Vestas, Windlab Partner For Wind, Solar And Storage Hybrid Plant
Vestas and Australian renewables company Windlab Ltd. have announced the final details of a utility-scale project integrating wind, solar and storage.
Developed by Windlab with...
Unpacking The New Wind IEC Standard: What Does It Mean For Remote Sensing?
The wind industry is still familiarizing itself with new IEC guidelines and what they signal about where remote sensing stands today.