Michigan’s largest wind park, Meridian Wind, is now operational. Spanning three townships across Midland and Saginaw counties, the 225-MW wind park has 77 wind turbines and generates enough clean energy to power more than 78,000 homes. DTE Energy managed all aspects of Meridian Wind’s development, from land acquisition and permitting through construction, and will assume…

Madison Gas and Electric‘s (MGE) newest wind farm is fully operational and delivering renewable energy to the grid. MGE partnered with Wisconsin Public Service (WPS), a subsidiary of WEC Energy Group, on the 92-MW Red Barn Wind Farm. MGE owns 9.1 MW of the wind farm in the Grant County towns of Clifton and Wingville.…

Leading Light Wind, an American-led offshore wind project in the New York Bight, announced three initiatives to establish Staten Island as a hub for the American offshore wind industry. The first is a $900,000 partnership with CUNY College of Staten Island to develop the next generation of offshore wind workforce; an Offshore Wind Scholars Program…

Basin Electric Power Cooperative has entered a 25-year, 200-MW power purchase agreement (PPA) on ENGIE North America’s North Bend Wind project located in Hughes and Hyde counties in South Dakota. The output from North Bend, which is expected to become operational in late 2023, will join Basin Electric’s renewable energy mix, which provides generation to…

Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) commercial project reached a major regulatory milestone Monday when the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced the availability of the draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the 2.6-GW project planned off the Virginia Beach coast that will generate enough clean, renewable energy to power up to 660,000…

EDP Renewables SA, through its fully owned subsidiary EDP Renewables North America, and Cleveland-Cliffs, an American flat-rolled steel company, have executed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for 180 MW of the 200-MW Headwaters III Wind Farm in Randolph County, Indiana. Headwaters III, located approximately 70 miles east of Indianapolis along the Ohio border, is…

Pattern Energy Group, a renewable energy developer, announced its SunZia Transmission project received unanimous approval from the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) on its recent Certificate of Environmental Compatibility application, representing the completion of the state’s permitting process. Pattern Energy also received two separate unanimous approvals from the New Mexico Public Regulatory Commission related to its…

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) selected the Larrabee Tri-Collector Solution (LTCS) project proposed by Mid-Atlantic Offshore Development (MAOD) and Jersey Central Power & Light Company to establish the first offshore wind project transmission in the United States. MAOD is a joint venture of EDF Renewables – North America and Shell New Energies…

EDP Renewables North America, a renewable energy developer and operator in North America, started construction at the 202-MW Indiana Crossroads II Wind Farm in White County, Indiana. The project is slated to be operational in 2023 and will annually power the equivalent of more than 54,000 average Indiana homes. During peak construction, Indiana Crossroads II…

GE Renewable Energy is providing 71 of its latest generation 2.8-127 onshore wind turbines for Scout Clean Energy‘s 200-MW Sweetland Wind Project in Hand County, South Dakota. The project is owned and operated by Scout. “We are excited to enter into yet another major turbine purchase agreement with GE Renewable Energy for Sweetland Wind Farm,”…

Financing has closed on Apex Clean Energy‘s 224-MW Great Pathfinder Wind project following a tax equity commitment from Bank of America. Great Pathfinder Wind, located in Boone and Hamilton Counties, Iowa, is currently under construction and is expected to begin operations in Q4 2022. Apex is providing construction management services for the project and IEA…

Article from Court News Ohio The Supreme Court of Ohio has approved the permit to construct North America’s first freshwater offshore wind-powered electric-generation facility. In a 6-1 decision, the Supreme Court found the Ohio Power Siting Board appropriately granted a certificate of environmental compatibility and public need to Icebreaker Windpower. The company proposes to construct…

Leeward Renewable Energy has completed the construction of its Panorama Wind Farm in Weld County, Colorado. The energy generated will provide Guzman Energy customers with enough renewable energy to power approximately 53,000 homes across Colorado and New Mexico. Leeward and Guzman Energy hosted a ceremonial ribbon-cutting event at the Panorama Wind Farm Tuesday to celebrate…

South Fork Wind, a joint venture offshore wind project developed by Ørsted and Eversource, has signed an agreement with environmental organizations to further enhance measures designed to protect the North Atlantic right whale during the construction and operation of the offshore wind farm. The agreement with the National Wildlife Federation (NWF), NRDC (Natural Resources Defense…

International energy developer TotalEnergies has been named a winner by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management for the development of an offshore wind farm off the coast of North Carolina. Located 20 nautical miles (37 kilometers) from the coast, the lease covers a 120 square nautical miles area (222 square kilometers) that when built out…

Algonquin Power & Utilities‘ subsidiary Liberty is developing a 112-MW wind project in Michigan to support Facebook’s parent company, Meta, in reaching its renewable energy goals. The new Deerfield II wind project is expected to reach commercial operations in 2023. Deerfield II is located in Huron County, Michigan, adjacent to Liberty’s Deerfield I wind facility.…

RWE Renewables‘ El Algodon Alto, a 200-MW onshore wind farm, located in San Patricio County, Texas, is in operation. “We’re excited to announce another one of the projects in our development pipeline is operational,” said Silvia Ortin, CEO of onshore wind and solar PV Americas, RWE Renewables. “El Algodon Alto continues our momentum to providing…

Avangrid Renewables has achieved commercial operation at its 200-MW Golden Hills wind farm in Sherman County, Oregon. The facility, which provides enough renewable electricity to Puget Sound Energy (PSE) to power over 60,000 homes annually, began operations on April 29, 2022. The project supports PSE’s carbon dioxide emission reduction goals while providing additional capacity to…

By Kevin Pearce, grid access business development manager, Siemens Energy A planned offshore wind project in New York is gaining attention for its novel design that will, for the first time, leverage high-voltage direct current (HVDC) technology to support offshore wind in the United States. In a consortium with Aker Solutions, Siemens Energy is supplying…

Enel Green Power North America has started construction of the 300-MW Seven Cowboy wind project in Kiowa and Washita counties in Oklahoma. Seven Cowboy’s 107 turbines are expected to generate over 1.3 TWh of energy each year, equivalent to the electricity needs of over 120,000 US households. The project is expected to generate over $55…