Category Archives: Wind Energy

Reading Wind Facility in Kansas is Operational

published: 2020-06-24 10:00 | editor | category: News
Southern Power, a leading U.S. wholesale energy provider and subsidiary of Southern Company, today announced that the 200-megawatt (MW) Reading Wind Facility in Osage and Lyon Counties, Kansas, is now operational. Image by Free-Ph...  more

Siemens’ Largest 14MW Wind Turbines Confirmed for Hailong Wind Farm, with Production Commencing in Taiwan in 2024

published: 2020-06-12 12:30 | editor | category: News
Siemens Gamesa announced its largest 14MW offshore wind turbine in the world last week, and commented subsequently on its production and installation in Taiwan. The company announced the latest schedule today, and the planning disclosed that the 14MW wind turbines will be installed at the Taichung assembly plant in 2024 before the establishment at the Hailong 300MW wind farm in 2025. ...  more

EDF Renewables, Enbridge and wpd Start Construction of the Fécamp Offshore Wind Farm

published: 2020-06-03 16:30 | editor | category: News
 EDF Renewables, a subsidiary of the EDF Group, Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB) (NYSE:ENB), a leading energy infrastructure company in North America, and wpd, a European renewable energy company, announced today the launch of the Fécamp offshore wind farm following the finalization of investment agreements between the consortium and its financial partners during the weekend.   ...  more

Scout Clean Energy Completes Construction of 180 MW Heart of Texas Wind Farm

published: 2020-06-03 10:00 | editor | category: News
Scout Clean Energy ("Scout"), a Colorado based renewable energy developer, owner and operator, has completed construction and successfully closed tax equity funding for the 180 MW Heart of Texas Wind Farm ("HTX") located in McCulloch County, Texas. Scout is a portfolio company of Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners ("Quinbrook"). ...  more

Wind Turbine Blade Recycling has "Tons" of Potential

published: 2020-05-29 11:00 | editor | category: News
EPRI Report Points to R&D in Promising Technologies and Solutions. The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), in collaboration with the American Composite Manufacturers Association (ACMA), addresses scientific questions related to recycling millions of tons of wind turbine blades that would otherwise end up in landfills, in a recently published report. ...  more

Southern Power acquires Beech Ridge II Wind Facility

published: 2020-05-28 4:00 | editor | category: News
Southern Power, a leading U.S. wholesale energy provider and subsidiary of Southern Company, today announced the acquisition of its 13th wind project — the 56-megawatt (MW) Beech Ridge II Wind Facility — from Invenergy, a leading ...  more