Walmart, EDP Renewables announce three PPAs
Walmart and EDP Renewables (EDPR) recently announced three power purchase agreements (PPA) that will enable the construction of three new utility-scale wind farms —...
Agreement reached on Horse Creek and Electra wind farm transaction
Skyline Renewables, an independent clean energy platform and Starwood Energy Group Global (“Starwood Energy”), a leading private investment firm focused on energy infrastructure, recently...
Vaisala responds to increased global demand for remote sensing
Vaisala, a global leader in environmental and industrial measurement, has expanded its field support team and opened a new operations center in Birmingham, U.K.,...
California Senate Bill 100 moves state closer to clean energy
With the recent signing of Senate Bill 100, Gov. Jerry Brown and the State of California have taken a historic leap forward for clean...
DOE reports distributed wind has surpassed 1 GW
The U.S. distributed wind market surpassed the 1 GW milestone with 81,000 turbines generating power across 50 states, according to the 2017 Distributed Wind...
Siemens Gamesa net profit continues to recover
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy recently released its results for the first nine months (October-June) and the third quarter (April-June) of fiscal year 2018.
The company’s...
Pattern Development signs PPAs in New Mexico
Pattern Energy Group 2 LP (Pattern Development) recently announced it has signed 15-year power purchase agreements (PPAs) with Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE) and...
CleanChoice Energy launches 100% Wind Plans for NY, Illinois
CleanChoice Energy, a renewable energy company that provides 100 percent clean electricity to customers across the country, has launched CleanChoice Energy 100% Wind Plans...
Record wind-farm construction underway at close of second quarter
A record amount of wind-energy capacity is now under construction at wind farms across America, according to second quarter results recently released by the...
U.S. wind repowering returns stand up against wholesale prices, for now
U.S. production tax credits (PTCs) have accelerated wind repowering activity as operators look to use technology advancements to optimize aging fleets. Falling costs and...
Be Power and ABB team up for power generation project
Be Power and ABB will cooperate in the Dispatching Service Market (MSD). Be Power is the Digital Green Utility of the Building Energy Group...
Global offshore to be a big part of WindEnergy Hamburg
The offshore sector of the wind industry has made headlines in recent months. It has progressed rapidly, both in technical innovation and in the...
LOC Renewables expands geotechnical team
LOC Renewables, through its specialist naval architectural and design firm, Longitude Engineering, has announced the expansion of its geoscience consultancy team, strengthening its end-to-end...
GE Renewable Energy, Alliant Energy to add 470 MW in Iowa
GE Renewable Energy and Alliant Energy recently announced they are adding 470 MW of wind-power capacity to the state of Iowa with two projects.
The...
Monsoon wind speeds’ impact on industry is mixed across Indian regions
Wind speeds during India’s annual monsoon season have fallen by as much as 9 percent over the past two decades, with three of the...
Windserve Marine, LLC to provide U.S. offshore wind support services
The Reinauer Group of Companies has added a new member company, Windserve Marine, LLC, to provide support services to the U.S. offshore wind industry....
Demand drives wind development to new heights in first quarter of 2018
Strong demand for affordable, reliable wind energy drove a busy first quarter for new U.S. wind farm announcements. Wind power’s low cost and stable...
New partnering arrangement enhances WSP’s offshore wind capabilities
WSP USA has entered into a partnership with Wood Thilsted, a specialist structural and geotechnical engineering consultancy, to provide detailed design services for offshore...
U.S. Department of the Interior charts big future for offshore wind
U.S. offshore wind development received a major boost from the Trump administration. The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)...
Floating offshore wind farm planned for California coast
The Redwood Coast Energy Authority has selected a consortium of companies comprised of Principle Power Inc., EDPR Offshore North America LLC, Aker Solutions Inc.,...
