ACCIONA - Tue January 29, 2019
ACCIONA Begins Work on Its Ninth U.S. Wind Farm
ACCIONA Energía has started construction work on its second wind farm in Texas — the company's ninth in the United States — which will increase ACCIONA's United States wind power capacity to 866 megawatts (MW)....
Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners - Tue January 29, 2019
Quinbrook Closes on Ranchero Wind Farm Financing
Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, a specialist investor in low carbon energy infrastructure, announced that its portfolio company, Scout Clean Energy LLC has closed construction financing and tax equity commitments on the 300MW Ranchero Wind Farm located in Crockett County, Texas....
Ørsted - Thu January 17, 2019
Connecticut Regulators OK Revolution Wind Power Contract
Ørsted US Offshore Wind has received approval from Connecticut regulators of its 20-year power-purchase agreement for the Revolution Wind offshore wind farm. Connecticut's Public Utilities Regulatory Authority approved Ørsted's long-term power-purchase agreement with Eversource and United Illuminating, two Connecticut utilities, for the 200 megawatts of clean energy that Revolution Wind will deliver to Connecticut....
Ecolab Inc. - Fri December 28, 2018
Ecolab Invests in Renewable Power With Clearway
Ecolab Inc. , a producer of water, hygiene and energy technologies and services that protect people and vital resources, has signed an agreement to support Clearway Energy Group's 419-megawatt (MW) wind farm, Mesquite Star, in Fisher County, Texas....
Eric Olson –CEG Correspondent - Wed December 26, 2018
Energy Farms Rise on Windy Kansas Plains
A flat, dry portion of northwestern Kansas, where, just as in Oklahoma, "the wind comes sweeping down the plain," is the home of a pair of large turbine wind farms currently under construction. Each are designed to provide the local population and a couple major companies with clean, renewable energy....
PR/Newswire - Wed December 12, 2018
County Council Grants Permits for $150M Wind Farm Project in Indiana
Scout Clean Energy ("Scout"), a Colorado-based renewable energy developer, announced Nov. 8 it has obtained local permitting approvals for the 130 megawatt Bitter Ridge wind farm in Jay County, Indiana....
Associated Press - Mon October 22, 2018
Company to Begin Construction on Large Onshore Wind Farm
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A company says it's beginning construction on what will be the onshore wind farm with the most operational capacity in the state. Green Development LLC, is building a seven-turbine wind farm in Johnston, R.I....
Associated Press - Wed September 12, 2018
Energy Dept.: Wind Power Projects Continue in U.S.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The U.S. Department of Energy reported that the continued construction of wind-power generating stations is bringing down both the cost of building the installations and the price for wind-generated electricity....
Terex Cranes - Tue September 11, 2018
Terex RT 100US Out-Lifts 130-Ton Crane On Wind Turbine Project
Lattice boom crawler cranes typically steal the wind-turbine-installation show, and with good reason. Decked with their turbine packages, long booms and heavy counterweight, they are the most visible part of the operation, called on to lift turbine components weighing up to 300 tons (272 t)....
Andrew Demillo - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Mon August 27, 2018
Plan for $4.5B Wind Farm Scrapped After Reg's Denial
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) A utility said on July 27 it is dropping plans for what would have been the largest wind farm in the country, a day after regulators in Texas rejected the $4.5 billion project. American Electric Power said it was cancelling plans for the 2,000-megawatt Wind Catcher wind farm, which would have spanned two counties in the Oklahoma panhandle and provided power to customers in Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana....
