EDF Renewable Energy Acquires Salt Fork Project In Texas
EDF Renewable Energy recently announced the acquisition of the up to 200 MW Salt Fork Wind Project from Cielo Wind Power LP. The achievement...
MidAmerican Launches $900 Million Wind Farm Development Plans
MidAmerican Energy is in the process of obtaining necessary permits and easements for the construction of wind farms at two new sites. Pending IUB...
Centerbridge Partners Close Senvion Acquisition Deal
Wind turbine manufacturer Senvion SE, previously part of the Indian group Suzlon Energy Limited, has changed owners. Centerbridge Partners, L.P. , through its Centerbridge...
ZF To Acquire Gearbox Business From Bosch Rexroth
ZF Friedrichshafen AG will take over the large gearbox business of Bosch Rexroth AG with more than 1,200 employees. For ZF, the acquisition is...
Clean Line, Texas Co-Ops Ink 50 MW Ownership Option
Clean Line Energy has reached an agreement with the East Texas cooperatives that provides the cooperatives with an option to own up to 50...
Rebounded In 2014; âWind Rushâ Underway In Texas
American wind industry jobs and turbine deployment regained momentum heading into 2015, the American Wind Energy Association reported recently in releasing its 2014 results...
GWEC Projects Continued Growth For Global Wind
The Global Wind Energy Council launched its flagship publication the Global Wind Report: Annual Market update today in Istanbul. The report details wind power’s...
Xcel Energy Again Named Top Wind Utility
For the 11th consecutive year, Xcel Energy has been named the country’s top utility wind energy provider by the American Wind Energy Association, a...
DOE Funds Programs For Wind Farm Wildlife Protection
The Energy Department recently announced more than $1.75 million for five projects that will develop and demonstrate technologies to reduce the potential impacts of...
DONG Energy Takes Over Mass. Offshore Project
DONG Energy has agreed to take over RES Americas Developments Inc.’s more than 1000MW newly assigned development project rights off the coast of Massachusetts.
At...
RenewableUK And EWEA Combine Efforts For 2017 Offshore Conference
The first ever joint offshore wind conference organized by EWEA and RenewableUK was announced in March. Offshore Wind Energy 2017 will take place in...
GM Adds Wind Power To Corporate Renewables Mix
General Motors for the first time is procuring wind to power its manufacturing operations, enabling one of its Mexico facilities’ electricity needs to be...
AWEA Report: Wind Integration Boosts Grid Reliability
Adding wind power can help the U.S. meet the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan by cutting carbon pollution while keeping the lights...
U.S. Advances Sustainability Trend In 2014
The United States saw continued growth in renewable energy, natural gas and energy efficiency in 2014, according to the third annual Sustainable Energy in...
BOEM Issues Massachusetts Offshore Leases
The Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) recently held the nation’s fourth competitive lease sale for renewable energy in federal waters offshore...
Siemens, TenneT Inaugurate Offshore Grid Connection
Siemens has now handed over HelWin1, the second North Sea grid connection in quick succession, to its client TenneT. The German-Dutch transmission system operator...
Apex Clean Energy Receives $50M Financing Support From Prudential
Apex Clean Energy, an independent renewable energy company, recently announced that it has secured $50 million in financing from Prudential Capital Group. The proceeds...
SgurrEnergy Opens Operations Hub In San Francisco
SgurrEnergy has kicked off 2015 with the launch of a new office in San Francisco, California.
The Wood Group company’s growth follows the recent expansion...
DWEA Praises USDA Rural Energy Decision
The Distributed Wind Energy Association recently lauded the USDA’s recent announcement of a final rule for the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP). This...
Siemens adds two vessels to offshore service fleet
Siemens has signed a chartering agreement with ship owner Bernhard Schulte for two new service operations vessels (SOV) to be purpose-built for the long-term...
