Wind

US wind industry experiences third strongest year on record

Thursday, 30 January 2020 Robin Whitlock The US wind industry experienced its third strongest year on record in 2019 as project developers added 9,143 megawatts (MW) of wind power capacity to the grid - enough to power over three million American ...

WEC Energy Group to Acquire a Stake In Blooming Grove Wind Farm

Tuesday, 28 January 2020 REM WEC Energy Group has agreed to acquire an 80 percent ownership interest in Blooming Grove Wind Farm. The project is being developed in McLean County, Illinois, by Invenergy -- a leading developer and operator ...

Brazilian Wind Farms Produce More than Megawatts

Thursday, 23 January 2020 REM By definition, every form of renewable energy offers environmental benefits. Whether for solar, wind, geothermal, or any of the many other renewable sources, there is no extraction process and no carbon ...

Vestas to Produce Zero-Waste Wind Turbines by 2040

Monday, 20 January 2020 REM Vestas is expanding its sustainability focus to address waste generated in the value chain. The company states it is excited to announce its intention to produce zero-waste wind turbines by 2040, “further ...

GE to Help Deliver Wind Energy to 375,000 Homes in Scotland

Friday, 17 January 2020 REM GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business has been awarded a multi-million dollar project for the design, supply, construction and commissioning of onshore and offshore wind substations for the ...

Northwester 2 Offshore Wind Farm Delivers Energy to the Belgian Grid

Tuesday, 14 January 2020 REM The first Northwester 2 offshore wind farm turbine started supplying electricity to the Belgian grid over the weekend of January 11-12, 2020. The wind farm is expected to be fully operational before the ...

France

Kallista Energy chooses Greenbyte Energy Cloud to future-proof its wind farm monitoring

Tuesday, 14 January 2020 Robin Whitlock Independent power producer (IPP) Kallista Energy has chosen Greenbyte’s data platform to upgrade and reinforce its wind farm monitoring capacity as it expects its 213MW wind energy portfolio in France ...

Ocean Renewable Energy Action Coalition Launches to Accelerate Global Offshore Wind Growth

Monday, 13 January 2020 REM

An international Ocean Renewable Energy Action Coalition has been formed to advance sustainable deployment of ocean-based renewable energy and mitigate the harmful impacts of climate change.

Siemens Gamesa named preferred supplier for largest US offshore wind power project to date at 2.64 GW

Wednesday, 08 January 2020 Robin Whitlock Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has been named as the preferred turbine supplier for the massive 2,640-MW Dominion Energy Virginia Offshore Wind project in the US. This is the largest offshore ...

Duke Energy Renewables’ 200-MW Mesteño Wind Farm Now Operational

Tuesday, 07 January 2020 REM Duke Energy Renewables’ 200-MW Mesteño Wind Farm in Starr County, Texas began commercial operation on December 31st , 2019. It is Duke Energy’s fourth wind generation facility in Starr County and ...