Tag: turbines
Alliant Energy Seeks Approval For Half-Gigawatt Wind Expansion
Alliant Energy’s Iowa utility subsidiary is seeking approval from the Iowa Utilities Board to add up to 500 MW of wind energy in Iowa.
The...
Proposed Project Would Bring Wind From Northern Maine To Boston
Another wind and transmission project under Massachusetts’ clean energy request for proposals (RFP) has been laid out by Maine Power Express LLC (MPX), a...
Patent Wars Flare Again: GE Tags Vestas For ZVRT In U.S.
In a new complaint filed in U.S. District Court, GE lists a number of U.S. wind farms comprising Vestas turbines that potentially infringe a zero-voltage ride through patent.
Austin Utility Signs Long-Term Wind Deal With Avangrid
Avangrid Renewables, the U.S. subsidiary of Iberdrola, has signed a long-term wind power purchase agreement (PPA) with Texas utility Austin Energy.
A Texas wind farm...
‘Arbitrary’ Transmission Fee Threatens Montana Wind Development
Montana’s Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) has proposed retaining an extra transmission fee that the Sierra Club says is a key obstacle in keeping Montana...
Siemens Gamesa Announces Quarterly Results, New Onshore CEO
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has released its results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2017 (April to June), showing a decrease in global...
EDF Energies Nouvelles Goes With Nordex For Wind Farm Duo
The Nordex Group has signed what it calls two “promising” wind power contracts with French utility EDF Energies Nouvelles.
EDF has ordered a total of...
Vestas Announces Texas Wind Order With Alterra
Vestas has received a firm and unconditional order from Flat Top Wind I LLC, an indirect subsidiary of Alterra Power Corp., for the 200...
Alterra Completes Financing, Partnership For Flat Top Wind In Texas
Vancouver, British Columbia-based Alterra Power Corp. has completed financing for the Flat Top wind project, a 200 MW facility in central Texas. In turn,...
S.D. County Residents Vote To Keep Strict Wind Turbine Ordinance In Place
Citizens of Lincoln County, S.D., have voted to keep in place an ordinance that requires future wind turbines to be built at least half...
