AEP units looking to invest $2B in 1,500 MW of Oklahoma wind projects
Nearly 1,500 MW of private wind energy development may become utility-scale projects, literally, in the near future. American Electric Power announced Monday that its Public Service Co. of Oklahoma (PSO) and Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO) entities are...
Greenko raises $824m for Projects and Acquisitions
It received a further $329 million from sovereign wealth funds the Singaporean fund GIC and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA). The funding is in addition to the $495 million provided by the two investors and Greenko shareholders last month. Anil...
Global offshore wind installed capacity up 21 percent since 2013
Today, the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) launched the first edition of its Global Offshore Wind Report, which provides a comprehensive analysis of the prospects for the global offshore wind market, including forecast data, market-level analysis and review of...
Vestas Orders up 40% in First Half of 2019
In total, Vestas has won a little over 7.61GW of new turbine orders so far in 2019. This total is 40% more than the same period of 2018, when Vestas won 5.44GW on its way to securing 14.2GW across all of 2018. This means Vestas is already over half way to last year's...
Vestas takes Project Development to a New Level
The wind project forms part of the Walcha hybrid energy development in New South Wales, over 400km north of Sydney. Vestas has acquired a "majority stake" in the first phase of the wind element of the project — Winterbourne — from developer Walcha Energy, while a...
Offshore Wind Experts Jockey for Position as Industry heats up in the US Northeast
A number of recent announcements highlight just how quickly and aggressively the U.S. offshore wind industry is growing in the Northeast. States are enacting offshore wind target capacity laws and initiatives and companies are setting up offices in the region and...
Vestas and Rusnano investigate more Russian Factories
Danish manufacturer Vestas will also consider the potential for using technology developed by Rusnano’s subsidiaries as part of the agreement. Rusnano, in a joint venture with Finnish utility Fortum, has been awarded just over 1.8GW of capacity in Russia across two...
Vestas secured the Largest Share of Worldwide Turbine Orders for the Fourth Consecutive Three-Month Period in a Record-breaking First Quarter, according to New Figures.
The manufacturer’s V150-4.X and V120-2.2 turbines both ranked in the top five onshore models ordered in Q1 2019, and it won more than 500MW of orders in North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific. Its success came as worldwide first-quarter orders eclipsed the...
Siemens Gamesa hits 1GW Order Mark with 4.5MW Turbine
It will provide 30 units of the 4.5MW model as well as 36 SG 2.7-129 turbines for EDF Renewables’ Milligan wind farm. SGRE will also provide services and maintenance for the project under the terms of the contract. Project completion is expected by the end of 2020....
Associated Electric Cooperative signs 20-year PPA for 265 MW of Wind Power
Yesterday, Enel Green Power North America announced that it has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) between its subsidiary White Cloud Wind Project, LLC and Associated Electric Cooperative Inc. (AECI), a power utility based in Springfield, Missouri. In line with...