RPD Energy arranged the supply of wind energy and concurrent Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) for five LG Electronics USA facilities in Texas, Illinois and New Jersey. The LG facilities are served under the Purely Green affinity program partnership launched this year by RPD Energy, Intuit, Hudson Energy (the commercial division of Just Energy) and EDP…
ENGIE acquires a 151-MW South Dakota wind farm
Apex Clean Energy today announced a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Xcel Energy for Dakota Range Wind III and the sale of the wind project to an affiliate of ENGIE North America. This represents Apex’s second major transaction with Xcel Energy and its first with ENGIE. “Energy trends—including the falling cost of renewables and increased…
ALLETE Clean Energy plans to refurbish its 50-MW Oregon wind farm
ALLETE Clean Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of ALLETE, announced it is refurbishing its 50-MW Condon Wind facility in Oregon, with the project completion scheduled for 2019. The refurbishment will extend the operating life of the facility, sustain its operating availability and requalify the site for federal production tax credits. The project also will position…
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier acquires Seafox 5 offshore wind facility
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier has made an agreement with the Seafox International Group for the acquisition of a 51% ownership in the jack-up vessel Seafox 5. By this move, Fred. Olsen Windcarrier will include this vessel under its commercial, technical and administrative management as an integral part of their fleet of jack-up vessels for offshore wind.…
Community wind project in Scotland seeks crowdfunding donors
The MP and MSP for the Western Isles have backed a fundraising campaign to build a community-owned wind farm in North Uist, which aims to generate more than £105,000 (about $119,000) a year. UistWind, being driven by North Uist Development Company (NUDC), is in the final stages of raising the money the community needs to…
ACCIONA Energy starts construction of 144.9-MW Texas wind farm
With local roadway improvements nearly complete, work has started on ACCIONA Energy’s Palmas Altas wind farm, the company’s ninth wind project in the U.S. Palmas Altas will be ACCIONA’s second wind farm in Texas and will increase ACCIONA’s U.S. wind power capacity to 866 MW. An investment of around $200 million (over 170 million euros…
Enel Green Power sells power from 185-MW Illinois wind farm to corporate customers
Enel, through its US renewable company Enel Green Power North America (EGPNA), has begun operation of the 185-MW HillTopper wind farm, its first wind facility in Illinois. HillTopper, which is located in Logan County, is supported by three long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) with Bloomberg LP, General Motors and Constellation, an Exelon company. “The completion…
Clir Renewables’ new software can validate wind-turbine upgrades
As wind turbine design advances and existing fleets age, there is a case to be made for implementing system upgrades, but how does one know if it is worth the initial investment? Clir Renewables has released a new software feature to support the validation of turbine upgrades. As the design of wind-turbines advances, reviewing the performance…
Siemens Gamesa’s new turbine models planned for 249-MW project in Mexico
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy made a big step forward in strengthening its product portfolio by signing the first contract featuring SG 4.5-145 wind turbines with Enel Green Power, the global renewable energy business line of En The scope of the contract includes the supply of 24 units of the new SG 4.5-145 wind turbines with…
Siemens will tie 950-MW Moray East wind project to the UK power grid
Siemens has been awarded an order to connect the Moray East offshore wind farm to the grid. Moray East is being developed by a joint venture company owned by EDP Renewables, a subsidiary of the Portuguese utility Energias de Portugal, ENGIE, a global energy and services group based in Paris, and Diamond Generation Europe Ltd.,…
POSITAL offers three new kit encoders for motion control options
POSITAL is expanding its line of kit encoder solutions for motion control applications to satisfy a wider range of needs faced by machine builders, system integration and motor manufacturers. Kit encoders are component-level products, designed to be built into motors or other equipment where real-time measurement of rotary position (angular displacement) or rotational speed is required.…
Sherin and Lodgen law firm expands renewable energy practice
Boston law firm Sherin and Lodgen announces that it has expanded its award-winning solar energy practice and created a national Renewable Energy Practice Group to meet the needs of the accelerating renewable energy and energy storage industries. Chaired by firm partner, Bethany A. Bartlett the new group will represent lenders, developers, municipalities and companies committed…
Nordex using Software AG’s Cumulocity IoT for wind-turbine management
Software AG announced the selection of its Cumulocity IoT platform by The Nordex Group, a global manufacturer of innovative onshore wind turbines. The Nordex Group manages clean-energy wind farms based on sensor data. Headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, the company plans to connect and monitor its 6,800 existing wind turbines using Cumulocity IoT as a platform…
Seimens Gamesa commissioned 263 MW of onshore wind projects
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) continues to reinforce its strong market position with the supply of 263 MW of onshore wind projects in Sweden, Norway, Germany and Turkey. The turbines types are within a performance range between 2.3 and 4.1 MW. In Northern Europe, the company will provide 34 wind turbines with a total capacity…
Sereema receives $800K fundraising boost to expand international service reach
Sereema has developed an expert solution to analyze and optimize operations of wind turbines. The proprietary system comes in the form of an IoT sensor box, embedding MEMS sensors, equipped directly on the turbine. Its streamlined processing platform has its own algorithms to analyze data over and a user-dedicated website displays all independent results under…
Navigant Research reports advances in turbine optimization efforts
A new report from Navigant Research examines the range of wind turbine optimization services offered by the top US wind turbine OEMs, providing recommendations for wind plant owners and wind turbine OEMs on evaluation and implementation. The wind energy sector is becoming increasingly competitive and lucrative as wind turbine OEMs combine software and hardware to…
LTN introduces new low-maintenance slip rings for use in wind turbines
Within the wind turbine industry, double-fed asynchronous generators dominate. In order to address the electromechanical connection needs of these turbines, LTN is proud to offer the SC168 slip ring, a robust slip ring with a universal-hole pattern for different generator types. The LTN SC168 is a low-maintenance slip ring with high quality contact technology, which…
Pattern Development completes 79.75-MW wind facility in Stillwater County, Montana
Montana has a new wind power facility. Pattern Energy Group 2 LP (Pattern Development) announced it has completed construction and begun operations at its 79.75-MW Stillwater Wind facility located in Stillwater County, Montana. “Our first wind power facility in Montana is now generating numerous benefits for the state, including strong jobs and millions of dollars…
DOE announces funding for advanced wind-turbine generator R&D
The U.S Department of Energy’s (DOE) Wind Energy Technologies Office has announced a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) titled “Advanced Next-Generation, High-Efficiency, Lightweight Wind Turbine Generator.” The primary objective of this FOA is to develop a lightweight, more efficient wind turbine drivetrain system (gearbox and generator, or direct drive generator) that minimizes the use of rare…
Copper demand grows with new offshore wind developments
A new report by Navigant Research estimates the U.S. wind energy market will grow by 48.7 GW between 2018 and 2027, boosting copper demand 25% by 2020. The report, commissioned by the Copper Development Association (CDA), estimates copper demand for wind energy will peak at 48,358 tons in 2020, an increase from 38,453 tons in…