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Vestas Ships Wind Parts To New Laydown Yard At Port Of Corpus Christi
Port of Corpus Christi’s new breakbulk cargo laydown yard, the Rincon West Yard, received its first shipment of wind turbine components on July 14.
Vestas...
Hydro Signs ‘World’s Longest’ Corporate Wind PPA
Hydro Energi AS, a subsidiary of Norwegian aluminium company Norsk Hydro ASA, has signed a long-term wind power purchase agreement (PPA) for 29 years with...
DOE Offers Funding For Wind R&D
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Wind Energy Technologies Office has released a funding opportunity announcement (FOA) entitled “Advanced Wind R&D to Reduce Costs...
Denver Mayor Commits City To 100% Renewables By 2030
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock has unveiled the city's 80x50 Climate Action Plan, which includes a goal of transitioning Denver to 100% clean, renewable electricity...
GE’s LM Wind Power Expanding R&D
LM Wind Power, a GE Renewable Energy business, is planning to acquire WMC's test facility in Wieringerwerf, the Netherlands.
The facility will provide rotor hub testing for...
Oil Trader Vitol Teams With Low Carbon To Invest In Renewables
Vitol, an oil trader based out of Geneva, has partnered with Low Carbon, a U.K.-based investment company, to create a fund focused on investing...
Ontario Government Axes Wind Projects
Citing savings to ratepayers, Ontario has announced the cancellation of 758 renewable energy contracts, including several wind energy projects.
Greg Rickford, minister of energy, northern...
Alliant Energy, Invenergy Announce 210 MW Iowa Wind Farm
Alliant Energy’s Iowa energy company and Invenergy have partnered for the 210 MW Richland Wind Farm, to be built in Sac County, Iowa.
Invenergy will...
Turbine Advances, Siting Locations Bring Down Cost Of U.S. Wind: EIA
Between 2010 and 2016, the capacity-weighted average cost of U.S. wind installations declined by one-third, from $2,361/kW to $1,587/kW, according to the U.S. Energy...
Westar Energy Gets Go-Ahead For New Wind Program
The Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) has approved a new program that gives businesses in Westar Energy’s service area greater access to wind power.
With the...
ABB To Help Grid-Connect World’s Biggest Offshore Wind Farm
ABB has won orders worth over $150 million from Ørsted to supply a range of technologies that will help integrate and transmit renewable energy...
Berkshire Wind Co-op Expanding Massachusetts Wind Farm
The Berkshire Wind Power Cooperative Corp. (BWPCC), owner of the 10-turbine, 15 MW Berkshire Wind Power Project in Hancock, Mass., has announced phase two...
New York Announces Plan Of Action For Procuring Offshore Wind
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, D-N.Y., has announced the New York State Public Service Commission's plan for the state's first procurement of offshore wind.
New York...
California Achieves 2020 Emissions-Reduction Target
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has announced a significant milestone for the state: Greenhouse-gas (GHG) pollution in California has fallen below 1990 levels...
Missouri Utility Garners Regulatory Support For 600 MW Wind Plan
The Missouri Public Service Commission (MPSC) has announced its support for the Empire District Electric Co.'s plan to develop an additional 600 MW of...
MidAmerican Begins Work On Another Wind XI Project
Des Moines, Iowa-based MidAmerican Energy Co. says construction will begin this month on the 90.8 MW Ivester wind farm, located in west-central Grundy County,...
BayWa Lands Power Purchase Deal For California Wind Farm
MCE, a nonprofit electricity provider in California, has signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with BayWa r.e. Wind LLC for the Strauss Wind Project.
MCE will...
South Dakota Officials Green-Light Dakota Range Wind Construction
The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has approved a permit - with numerous conditions - for the construction of the Dakota Range Wind...
Nordex Wins Its Biggest Single Wind Contract To Date
In the second quarter of 2018, the Nordex Group won a 595 MW order in Brazil, representing the company's largest single contract to date.
Nordex...
Vestas Enters Another New Wind Market
Expanding its global presence, Vestas recently announced a wind energy order in Bolivia, representing Vestas' first in the country.
The order is for three facilities comprising...