Meeting Los Angeles’ ambitious goal of 100% renewable electricity by 2045 – or even 2035 – is achievable with the rapid deployment of wind, solar, storage and other renewable energy technologies this decade, according to a years-long analysis by the … Read More
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CleanPowerPays Launches Website Cataloging Texas Renewables
Wind power, solar power and energy storage projects are providing new economic opportunities for rural Texas counties, bringing needed diversification, economic development, job creation and multi-generational revenue through a growing property tax base and payments to landowners, according to CleanPowerPays.org, … Read More
VCE: Wind Generation Exceeds Expectations During Winter Storm Uri
During recent Winter Storm Uri, natural gas had the highest outage rate of all of Texas’s generation types – in excess of 25,000 MW at peak for several days, according to a recently released white paper from Vibrant Clean Energy … Read More
Invenergy Completes Construction Financing for 999 MW Oklahoma Wind Farm
Invenergy, a privately held global developer and operator of sustainable energy solutions, has completed construction financing for the 999 MW Traverse Wind Energy Center. Located in Custer, Blaine, and Kingfisher Counties, Okla., Traverse is the largest of three wind energy … Read More
EIB Co-Finances Construction of French Offshore Wind Farm
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted a €350 million credit line to a consortium made up of EDF Renouvelables, Enbridge and wpd to co-finance the construction of a wind farm off the coast of Courseulles-sur-Mer in France. This financing … Read More
Nucor Secures VPPA with Orsted for Texas Wind Farm
Nucor Corp., a manufacturer of steel and steel products, has signed a 10-year virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with Ørsted Onshore North America LLC for 100 MW from the company’s Western Trail wind farm in north Texas. This is Nucor’s … Read More
Vestas Tops GWEC List of World’s Largest Turbine Suppliers
Vestas, a Danish manufacturer, seller, installer and servicer of wind turbines, holds the title as the world’s largest supplier of wind turbines in 2020 across onshore and offshore wind, with new installations in 32 markets last year, according to the … Read More
World Wind & Solar Adds Turbine O&M Service to Company Offerings
World Wind & Solar (WWS), a provider of operations and maintenance services for utility-scale wind and energy storage system (ESS) assets, says it is expanding its service offering with the addition of A & A Wind Pros Inc., an Oklahoma-based … Read More
BayWa Upgrades to Latest OneView Asset Management Solution
BayWa r.e. Wind LLC, a developer, owner and operator of wind parks across the U.S., has upgraded its system to the latest generation of OneView, an independent solution for renewable asset management, while adding its newest project Amadeus, located in Texas, … Read More
Greelink Nevada Renewable Energy Initiative Receives PUCN Approval
The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (PUCN) has approved moving forward on NV Energy’s Greenlink Nevada transmission and renewable energy initiative. NV Energy says Greenlink Nevada will transform the state’s clean energy landscape by tapping into resource-rich renewable energy zones … Read More