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Vestas Receives 288 MW Order of V150-4.5 MW Wind Turbines from ENGIE
Vestas and Engie Brasil Energia SA have expanded their partnership with the 288 MW order of 64 units of V150-4.5 MW wind turbines for...
TUV NORD Utilizes Drones for End-of-Warranty Wind Turbine Inspection
Concrete tower parts of concrete-steel hybrid wind turbine towers can show abnormalities in the material a few years after construction. Are these signs of...
Wind Power Was Second-Largest Source of U.S. Electricity Generation on 3/29
On Tuesday, March 29, wind turbines in the Lower 48 states produced 2,017 GWh of electricity, making wind the second-largest source of electric generation...
RWE Wins Consent Award for Dublin Array Offshore Wind Farm
Irish Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan, has awarded RWE a Maritime Area Consent (MAC) to the Dublin Array offshore wind...
California ISO Approves TransWest Express Transmission Project
The California Independent System Operator (ISO) has approved TransWest Express LLC’s application to become an ISO participating transmission owner and to join the ISO’s...
Marubeni Begins Operations at Akita and Noshiro Ports Offshore Wind Farms
Marubeni Corp. has implemented the first large-scale offshore wind power project in Japan at Akita Port and Noshiro Port in Akita Prefecture.
The projects were...
NJ BPU Extends Comment Deadline for Third Offshore Wind Solicitation
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) has released the draft solicitation guidance document (SGD) for its third offshore wind solicitation. A virtual...
RWE Chooses Port of Blyth as Offshore Construction Base for Sofia Wind Farm
RWE has signed up Port of Blyth as offshore construction base for its 1.4 GW Sofia Offshore Wind Farm. Commissioned in December 2000, Blyth...
Vattenfall, Metsahallitus Form Joint Venture for New Korsnas Offshore Wind Farm
Vattenfall has entered into a joint venture with Metsähallitus to build and operate Finland’s first major offshore wind farm. The project, located at Korsnäs...
ACP Study Shows Wind, Solar Energy Benefits for New England
A new study commissioned by the American Clean Power Association (ACP) has found that additional renewable capacity will lower energy market prices and provide...
BOEM Opens Comments for EIS for Proposed Offshore Wind Energy Project
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has released the draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed New England Wind energy project offshore...
NSEC, U.K. Renew Collaborations on Multi-Sea Offshore Wind Development
The U.K. has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with North Seas Energy Cooperation (NSEC) members and the European Commission to re-engage with the...
AEP Energy Partners Releases RFPs for PJM Solar and Wind, ERCOT Solar Projects
AEP Energy Partners (AEPEP), a wholly owned subsidiary of American Electric Power, is seeking proposals for off-take from new and existing solar and wind...
Stryker Powers Facilities with Renewable Energy Under 37 MW Orsted Deal
Stryker and Ørsted have signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) to help the company achieve its goal of powering all facilities with renewable electricity...
Apollo Invests in WEC Energy Tatanka Ridge, Jayhawk Wind Farms
Certain Apollo-managed funds have purchased approximately $200 million of senior secured notes of WEC Infrastructure Wind Holding II LLC in a private placement. Wind...
Shell, Eneco Joint Venture to Build 760 MW Offshore Wind Farm
With their joint venture Ecowende, Shell and Eneco have won the tender for the construction of an offshore wind farm at Hollandse Kust (West),...
GE Haliade-X 14.7MW-220 Turbine Earns Full DNV Type Certificate
GE Renewable Energy’s Haliade-X wind turbine, the first 12 MW+ turbine built, has received a full type certificate for operations up to 14.7 MW...
EIA: Nearly a Quarter of U.S. Electricity Generation Originated from Renewables
In the first six months of 2022, 24% of U.S. utility-scale electricity generation came from renewable sources, based on data from U.S. Energy Information Administration’s...
Spearmint, Mortenson Installing 300 MWh of Energy Storage in Texas
Spearmint Energy has begun construction on Revolution, its 150 MW, two-hour battery energy storage project in West Texas, in partnership with Mortenson, a power...
Basin Electric Power, ENGIE Sign 200 MW PPA for North Bend Wind Project
ENGIE North America and Basin Electric Power Cooperative have entered into a 25-year, 200 MW power purchase agreement (PPA) from ENGIE's North Bend Wind...