Wind Energy

Wed December 13, 2017

New $167M Wisconsin Wind Farm to Power 25,000 Homes

TOWN OF SEYMOUR, Wis. (AP) A new wind farm in southwestern Wisconsin is expected to power about 25,000 homes. EDP Renewables has finished construction on the $167 million Quilt Block Wind Farm in Lafayette County, Wisconsin Public Radio reported....

Wed November 15, 2017

MidAmerican to Invest $1B for Wind Turbines

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) MidAmerican Energy said it plans to spend $1 billion updating more than 700 older wind turbines across Iowa. The turbines will be retrofitted with newer, more efficient components, including longer blades, to extend their lifespans an estimated 20 years, said Spencer Moore, MidAmerican Energy's vice president of generation....

Emily Buenzle - Mon November 13, 2017

Industry Shows Support for Icebreaker Wind Project

Ohio electrical and steel union workers, entrepreneurs and business owners gathered at a public hearing Nov. 8 at Cleveland City Hall to show their support for the Icebreaker project, the first freshwater offshore wind farm in North America....

Mon November 13, 2017

UD Develops Cheaper, Faster Method to Build Turbines

Working closely with industry partners, University of Delaware researchers have developed a new method for constructing offshore wind farms and proven that it is cheaper, faster and could make possible offshore wind deployment at a scale and pace able to keep up with the region's scheduled retirements of nuclear and coal-fired power plants....

Emily Buenzle - Mon July 31, 2017

Construction Begins on the Biggest Wind Farm in the U.S.

A planned 2,000 megawatt wind farm in the Oklahoma panhandle will be the largest in the U.S. and the second largest in the world once it is completed, GE Renewable Energy and Invenergy, a renewable energy company announced July 26....

Tue May 30, 2017

Work Starts Again on Wyoming Wind Power Project After Winter

With Wyoming's harsh winter weather in the past, work has resumed on a massive onshore wind development in the United States. “We have about 40 pieces of equipment and about 30 or 40 operators,” said Bill Miller, CEO of Power Company of Wyoming, a Denver-based subsidiary of the Anschutz Corp....