South Dakota has enormous potential for wind energy development. In 2013, 26 percent of all electricity produced here came from wind — only Iowa produces a larger share of electricity from wind. Wind has practical benefits for the state. In 2014, estimates show wind paid out $2.4 million in lease payments to landowners. The Argus … Continue reading Wind power’s enormous potential in South Dakota
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LA Supervisors Should Heed Climate Imperative, Reverse Course on Proposed Wind Energy Ban
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors’ move to ban utility-scale wind turbines and to impose severe restrictions on utility-scale solar in unincorporated areas of the county is not compatible with averting the worst impacts of climate change. The most detailed state-commissioned assessment of what California must do to meet Governor Brown’s 2030 goal to … Continue reading LA Supervisors Should Heed Climate Imperative, Reverse Course on Proposed Wind Energy Ban
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Iberdrola Renewables Announces Wind Power Agreement with California Utility
Iberdrola Renewables today announced a 15-year contract to supply Southern California Edison (SCE), an Edison International company, with renewable energy from the planned Tule Wind Power Project in the McCain Valley of eastern San Diego County. SCE will purchase the entire output of the 132-megawatt (MW) wind farm, when the project is expected to be … Continue reading Iberdrola Renewables Announces Wind Power Agreement with California Utility
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First offshore wind farm features New Orleans area firm
A Louisiana-based engineering firm has designed the foundations for the first offshore wind farm in the United States, which began installation this week. New Orleans CityBusiness reports (http://bit.ly/1ggDLmi) the foundations for the five-turbine wind farm were designed by Keystone Engineering of Mandeville and built by Houston-based Gulf Island Fabrication Inc., which constructs large oil platforms. “It’s a … Continue reading First offshore wind farm features New Orleans area firm
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Another form of “hot air”? My journey to becoming a wind tech
Long before Pope Francis issued his landmark encyclical on climate change, I was plotting my career move to become a wind turbine tech. Though the Pope’s statement resonated that “technology based on the use of highly polluting fossil fuels – especially coal, but also oil and, to a lesser degree, gas – needs to be … Continue reading Another form of “hot air”? My journey to becoming a wind tech
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SunPower Acquires 1.5 Gigawatt U.S. Photovotaic Solar Power Plant Pipeline
SunPower announced today that it has acquired 1.5 gigawatts of U.S. solar power plant development assets from Australia-based Infigen Energy. With the acquisition, SunPower has assumed ownership of projects in varying stages of development across 11 states. Included in the development portfolio are three projects totaling 55 megawatts (AC) with power purchase agreements with … Continue reading SunPower Acquires 1.5 Gigawatt U.S. Photovotaic Solar Power Plant Pipeline
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Wyoming wind power could help offset ups and downs of California renewables
California regulators could achieve savings in water use, electricity rates and greenhouse emissions by turning to Wyoming wind power to help offset the natural ups and downs of wind and solar power in their state, according to a University of Wyoming report released Monday. The reason: Wyoming’s wind patterns tend to be opposite of those … Continue reading Wyoming wind power could help offset ups and downs of California renewables
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Businesses pledge to increase renewable energy use
Thirteen well-known American companies – including major wind energy developer Berkshire Hathaway Energy and prominent wind power purchasers Apple, Google, Microsoft and Walmart – today pledged at the White House to invest more than $140 billion in efforts to cut carbon pollution. Several of these companies focused their pledges on renewable energy, and five companies have goals to reach 100 … Continue reading Businesses pledge to increase renewable energy use
Continue readingUS Starts Construction on First Offshore Wind Turbines
Construction has started on the first U.S. offshore wind turbines, a small Atlantic Ocean project off the country’s northeastern coast, after years of protests have halted bigger wind farms elsewhere. Elected officials and Deepwater Wind executives cheer during a ceremony to mark the installation of the first jacket support structure for a wind farm in … Continue reading US Starts Construction on First Offshore Wind Turbines
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Wind power ready to meet new call for converting to clean energy
There’s a new call for candidates and elected officials to tell how they would triple renewable energy in America by 2030, and take us all the way to a completely clean energy economy by 2050. Those are the targets in a new video that NextGen Climate released today, “The Time is Now,” and a companion … Continue reading Wind power ready to meet new call for converting to clean energy
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BayWa sells its largest wind farm to date in the USA
BayWa r.e. GmbH has sold its largest wind farm project in the USA to date, to the American investor NorthWestern Energy (NWE) for US$ 143 million (around EUR 130 million). The plant, located in South Dakota (USA), has a capacity of roughly 80 megawatts (MW) and was delivered within nine months, by May of 2015. … Continue reading BayWa sells its largest wind farm to date in the USA
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Business leaders speak out against threat to renewable and energy efficiency policies in North Carolina
North Carolina has built a strong foundation of clean energy policies that date back almost 10 years, but they’ve been under attack during this year’s legislative session. Things came to a head with a controversial vote regarding the state’s Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (REPS) that was taken right before the Memorial Day … Continue reading Business leaders speak out against threat to renewable and energy efficiency policies in North Carolina
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Amazon calls for extension of wind energy tax incentives
In making the announcement that it would buy power from the first wind farm in North Carolina, Amazon called for the extension of renewable energy tax incentives that are currently moving through Congress. Yesterday, Congress also took a step in the right direction when the U.S. Senate Finance Committee voted 23-3 to extend the primary federal … Continue reading Amazon calls for extension of wind energy tax incentives
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American wind power continues to ramp up in 2015 with 1,661 megawatts (MW) of newly installed wind turbines
With 1,661 megawatts (MW) of newly installed wind turbines coming online during the second quarter of 2015 and more than 13,600 MW under construction, American wind power continues to increase its contribution to the U.S. electric power grid. The approval in May of Florida’s first purchase of wind energy, from a wind project in Oklahoma, … Continue reading American wind power continues to ramp up in 2015 with 1,661 megawatts (MW) of newly installed wind turbines
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Hewlett-Packard in wind power deal with SunEdison in Texas
The agreement, which is enough to fully power HP’s Texas-based data center operations, will allow the company to meet reductions of greenhouse-gas emissions by the end of HP’s 2015 fiscal year – five years ahead of schedule. HP currently operates Texas-based data centers in Houston, Hockley, Plano and two in Austin. As part of … Continue reading Hewlett-Packard in wind power deal with SunEdison in Texas
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AWEA represents American wind power
The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) is proud of its members for bringing billions of dollars in private investment to the U.S. and employing tens of thousands of American workers. Here are some facts about the made-in-the-USA bonafides of the wind industry: 73,000 American wind power workers are making projects serve American consumers and American … Continue reading AWEA represents American wind power
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LCRA to Purchase More Wind Energy
The Lower Colorado River Authority is increasing the amount of renewable energy available to its wholesale power customers with a new agreement for wind power. LCRA has signed a purchase power agreement with Buckthorn Wind Project LLC for wind energy, capacity and renewable energy credits. The project, developed by Infinity Wind Power and located … Continue reading LCRA to Purchase More Wind Energy
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Steel going in the water for America’s first offshore wind farm
Next week, Deepwater Wind plans to have steel going into the water as offshore construction begins on Block Island Wind Farm, the nation’s first offshore wind project. The wind farm will provide renewable energy to an island which currently relies exclusively on diesel fuel ferried to it from the mainland. Block Island Wind Farm will … Continue reading Steel going in the water for America’s first offshore wind farm
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Enel Green Power connected to the grid the Osage Wind farm located in Oklahoma
Enel Green Power S.p.A. (“Enel Green Power”), through its subsidiary Enel Green Power North America, Inc. (“EGP-NA”), has completed and connected to the grid the Osage Wind farm located in Osage County, Oklahoma. The new plant has a total installed capacity of 150 MW and is owned by Osage Wind, LLC, 50% owned by … Continue reading Enel Green Power connected to the grid the Osage Wind farm located in Oklahoma
Continue readingInfigen announces sale of US wind energy business
Infigen Energy (ASX: IFN) today announced that it has agreed to sell its US wind business to Primary Wind Power, LLC (Primary Wind), a newly-formed portfolio company affiliated with ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC (ArcLight), for approximately US $272.5 million. Completion of the wind transaction is subject to various closing conditions, but it is expected to … Continue reading Infigen announces sale of US wind energy business
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