Wind

Vestas agrees EPC contract with Mercury for New Zealand wind farm

Monday, 01 April 2019 Robin Whitlock

New Zealand-based electricity generator and retailer Mercury has signed an engineering, procurement and construction contract with Vestas for the 119 MW Turitea Wind Farm.

New Mexico adopts new clean energy targets

Monday, 25 March 2019 Robin Whitlock New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham has signed into a law The Energy Transition Act (SB489) which will aim to source 50 percent of the state’s energy from renewable sources by 2040 and 100 percent ...

Windlab Secures Investment in East African Development Pipeline

Tuesday, 19 March 2019 REM Windlab Limited has secured an agreement for an investment of $10,000,000 by Eurus Energy Holdings Corporation into Windlab Africa. Windlab Africa is a subsidiary of Windlab Limited and holds the existing ...

BayWa r.e. Installs the Tallest Wind Turbines in France

Monday, 18 March 2019 REM BayWa r.e. is currently installing the tallest wind turbines in France. The Senvion wind turbines reach 200 meters in height at their tip. The Les Landes wind farm consists of six wind turbines with a ...

EDPR and Microsoft execute PPAs for Wind Energy in Ohio

Friday, 08 March 2019 REM EDP Renewables SA, through its fully owned subsidiary EDP Renewables North America LLC, and Microsoft have executed two 15-year power purchase agreements totaling 125 MW that will bring the Timber Road ...

China

Siemens Gamesa to supply 21 MW of wind in China

Tuesday, 05 March 2019 Robin Whitlock Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has agreed a contract to supply six SG 3.4-132 wind turbines with a flexible power rating of 3.65 MW to a wind farm project in Inner Mongolia, China, to be developed ...

General Motors Partners with DTE on Wind Energy in Michigan

Friday, 01 March 2019 REM General Motors has partnered with Detroit-based DTE Energy for 300,000 MWh of wind energy in the state of Michigan. Once complete, the energy sourced will be enough to power 100 percent of the electricity ...

SABCA and DEME Offshore partner to deploy drone inspection services for offshore wind farms

Friday, 01 March 2019 Robin Whitlock Aerospace industry supplier SABCA and DEME Offshore have entered into a partnership for the development and deployment of Unmanned Vehicles to perform surveillance and inspection works in the offshore ...

Europe’s Wind Industry to Meet in Thriving Wind Hub of Bilbao

Tuesday, 26 February 2019 REM Europe’s wind industry will converge on one of the continent’s most flourishing wind hubs this spring when it comes to Bilbao, Spain. From April 2-4, Bilbao will host the WindEurope 2019 Conference ...

Wind industry hires senior Iowa state legislator to advance policy in the “American Wind Belt”

Monday, 25 February 2019 Robin Whitlock The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has announced it has hired Navy veteran Jeff Danielson as AWEA’s Central Region Director to lead state policy advocacy efforts across Midwestern and Plains ...