Category Archives: Wind Energy

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

Surging 11% Growth in the Worldwide Wind Turbine Bearing Industry to 2024 - Latest Trends and Drivers

published: 2020-05-21 10:00 | editor | category: News
The "Global Wind Turbine Bearing Market 2020-2024" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The wind turbine bearing market is poised to grow by $ 7.22 billion during 2020-2024 progressing at a CAGR of 11% during the forecast period. The reports on wind turbine bearing market provides a holistic analysis, market size and forecast, trends, growth drivers, and challenges, as well as vendor analysis covering around 25 vendors. ...  more

Wind Farm in Northwest Missouri Begins Commercial Operation

published: 2020-05-19 14:00 | editor | category: News
Tenaska Clear Creek Energy Center, a 242-megawatt (MW) wind farm in northwest Missouri, is now fully operational. The facility achieved commercial operation on Monday, May 4. Located north of Maryville in Nodaway County, Tenaska Clear Creek is comprised of 111 Vestas turbines across approximately 31,000 acres. ...  more

Goldwind Sells Stake In Panamanian Wind Project

published: 2020-05-17 4:00 | editor | category: News
Panama's first wind project sold to Panama's largest power generator, AES Panamá. Goldwind Americas today announced the sale of its 55-megawatt Penonomé I (one) Wind Project to AES Panamá S.R.L. ("AES Panamá"), a subsidiary of The...  more

Japan’s First Commercial Offshore Wind Project with a Capacity of 140MW Is Set to Enter Operation in 2022

published: 2020-05-11 21:30 | editor | category: News
Like Taiwan, Japan is an island country where the terrain is mostly rugged and most of the population is densely settled along the coastlines. Since around 70% of Japan is mountainous, developing renewable energies there can be very challenging due to the lack of flat and unoccupied land for large-scale wind and solar projects. Indeed, local project developers tend to have little choice but to select sites in the mountains or the seas. ...  more

RWE's Texas Project Secures Tax Equity Financing

published: 2020-05-05 8:00 | editor | category: News
Bank of America provides tax equity financing for RWE project.  Peyton Creek facility (in Texas) expected to produce more than $30 million in local tax revenue.  U.S. key focus market for RWE with more wind farms coming into operation this year. ...  more