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U.S. Wind Industry Sets Construction Record in First Quarter
The U.S. wind industry installed over 1,800 MW of new wind power capacity in the first quarter, while the volume of projects under construction...
CRES Advocates for Clean Energy
To preserve and grow the U.S. workforce and economy following the devastating impact of COVID-19, Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES) has delivered to...
Van Oord Installs First Slip-Joint Turbine Foundation
Van Oord has successfully installed a slip-joint foundation at the Borssele Wind Farm Site V. It is the first time anywhere that a submerged...
Siemens Gamesa Acquires Ria Blades’ Turbine Production Plant
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has finalized the acquisition of all shares in Ria Blades S.A., the business entity that owns and operates the onshore...
France Sets Ambitious Offshore Goals
France’s ambition to increase electricity production from renewable energy sources will make the country Europe’s fourth-largest offshore wind power producer in 2030, with 7.4...
Purdue University Conducting 3D-Printed Concrete Research
Purdue University engineers are conducting research on a way to make offshore wind turbine parts out of 3D-printed concrete, a less expensive material that...
ALLETE Clean Energy Secures Funding for Newest Wind Site
ALLETE Clean Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of ALLETE, has sold Class A passive membership interests in Great American West Wind LLC to JPM...
Port of Vancouver USA to Receive Wind Blade Shipment
The Port of Vancouver USA will receive a shipment of nine wind turbines, including the longest wind turbine blades it has handled to date....
Offshore Wind Conference Goes 100 Virtual
The Business Network for Offshore Wind says it will convert its flagship annual International Partnering Forum (IPF) into a series of livestream events from...
NorthWestern Issues RFP for Montana Renewable Projects
NorthWestern Energy has issued a Community Renewable Energy Project (CREP) request for proposals (RFP) seeking additional small renewable generation owned or developed by Montana...
Dominion Energy Virginia Adds Wind to Long-Term IRP
In just one year, Dominion Energy Virginia has quadrupled the amount of solar and wind generation in its 15-year, long-term integrated resource plan (IRP)....
Golden Plains Wind Farm Achieves Commercial Operation
Alliant Energy and EDF Renewables say the 200 MW Golden Plains project has achieved commercial operation and is now delivering clean electricity to Iowa...
IEA: COVID-19 Shocks the Global Energy System
The Covid-19 pandemic represents the biggest shock to the global energy system in more than seven decades, with the drop in demand this year...
AVANGRID Expands Wind Generation in 2019
In 2019, Avangrid Renewables, the third-largest U.S. wind operator, commissioned 831 MW of new wind projects and prepared for the construction of 700 MW...
BNEF: Onshore Wind is Cheapest Source of New-Build Generation
Solar PV and onshore wind are now the cheapest sources of new-build generation for at least two-thirds of the global population. Those two-thirds live...
Mortenson Begins Turbine Construction at King Plains Wind Project
Mortenson has started turbine erection work on the 248.2 MW King Plains Wind Project located in Garber, Okla., for ENGIE North America.
The project will...
Renewable Guard Partners with Hailsure on Hail Insurance
Renewable Guard Insurance Brokers LLC, an independent renewable energy insurance brokerage firm, has entered a partnership with Hailsure Underwriting Managers LLC to deliver a...
WindESCo Closes Round of Series B Funding
WindESCo Inc., a wind energy performance optimization company, has closed a $10 million Series B funding round led by WAVE Equity Partners, with participation...
MHI Vestas Sources Blade Materials in Taiwan
MHI Vestas has confirmed a purchase agreement with Swancor to source several key blade manufacturing components in Taiwan.
This contract strengthens Swancor’s presence in the...
NYSERDA Holding Off on Nation’s Largest Offshore Wind Solicitation
Although the New York Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has authority from the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) to issue a...