Greenbacker Renewable Energy brought RoxWind, a 15.3-MWDC wind farm in Roxbury, Maine, to commercial operation in November. The RoxWind project’s wind power is expected to produce nearly 50,300 MWh of annual clean energy, or enough to power approximately 4,500 homes per year. The project has also supported — and continues to provide — local clean…
80-MW Avangrid project completed in New York
The 79.7-MW Roaring Brook Wind farm is now operational in Martinsburg, New York. Roaring Brook Wind was developed by Avangrid Renewables and is comprised of 20 wind turbines spread across approximately 4,700 acres. After starting operations in October 2021, the project will generate more than 229,000 MWh of renewable energy annually, enough to power over…
US Wind approved for 1,100 MW of offshore wind for Maryland
The State of Maryland has awarded the US Wind 808.5 MW in Offshore Renewable Energy Credits (ORECs) for Momentum Wind, a new offshore wind project slated to come online in 2026. Adding 55 turbines to the Maryland Lease area, Momentum Wind will deliver enough offshore wind power for 200,000 homes. The 55 turbines for Momentum…
With latest procurement, Mayflower Wind boosts capacity to 1,200 MW off Massachusetts coast
Mayflower Wind, the developer of the offshore wind project in joint venture between Shell New Energies and Ocean Winds, announced it was awarded a 400-MW PPA by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and its three biggest utilities as part of Massachusetts’ 83C III offshore wind energy procurement. Combined with its 804-MW PPA from 83C II, Mayflower…
Avangrid Renewables’ 1,232-MW offshore wind project selected for procurement in Massachusetts
Avangrid Renewables‘ joint venture offshore wind project, Commonwealth Wind, has been selected as part of Massachusetts’ third offshore wind competitive procurement process. The 1,232-MW project is New England’s largest offshore wind project to date and will create 11,000 full-time equivalent jobs over its lifetime and generate enough energy to power 750,000 homes annually. “Commonwealth Wind…
Repowered California wind farm will produce 9 times the power
Scout Clean Energy and Peninsula Clean Energy have signed a 15-year PPA that will provide San Mateo County and Los Banos with 76.35 MW by repowering the Pacheco Pass Wind Farm in Merced County. Purchased from International Turbine Research in 2018, Scout returned the wind farm in Pacheco State Park to operation and will rename…
185-MW Glacier Sands wind project reaches commercial operations in Illinois
Cordelio Power‘s 185-MW Glacier Sands wind project has reached commercial operations. The project, located in Mason County, Illinois, is composed of 43 Vestas V150-4.3 wind turbines and will sell 100% of its renewable energy under a 15-year contract with Microsoft. “We’re excited to commence operations at Glacier Sands, the inaugural project in Cordelio’s new U.S.…
New York’s 1st offshore wind project is up for construction approval this January
South Fork Wind, New York’s first offshore wind farm received its Record of Decision (ROD) from the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), reaching a critical milestone in the federal environmental review. South Fork Wind remains on track to be fully permitted by early 2022, and with the project’s joint…
118-MW Glass Winds farm comes online in Oklahoma
Southern Power‘s 118-MW Glass Sands Wind Facility in Murray County, Oklahoma, is now operational. This project is Southern Power’s fifth wind facility in Oklahoma, and it contributes to the company’s growing fleet of clean energy resources from California to Maine. “We are pleased to see Glass Sands Wind Facility achieve commercial operation as this facility…
Transmission cables being laid for 800-MW Vineyard Wind 1 offshore project
Construction is starting on the Vineyard Wind 1 project, the first commercial-scale offshore wind project in the United States. The first steps of construction will include two transmission cables that will connect Vineyard Wind 1 to the mainland. The Vineyard Wind I project will generate 800 MW of electricity annually, from just off the coast of…
EDP Renewables completes 302-MW Indiana Crossroads wind farm
EDP Renewables North America (EDPR) and Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO) celebrated with state and community leaders the completion of Indiana Crossroads Wind Farm at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Nov. 12. The 302-MW Indiana Crossroads Wind Farm, beginning commercial operations by the end of this year, will generate enough clean electricity to power the…
Submarine cable contractors selected for Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project
Dominion Energy Virginia awarded the largest submarine cable contract in U.S. history to Prysmian Group and DEME Group. The balance of plant (BoP) contract includes the complete package for the transportation and installation of the foundations and the substations and EPC services for the inter-array and export cables for the future largest commercial offshore wind…
RWE starts construction on 121-MW Baron Winds project in New York
The first phase of RWE’s Baron Winds onshore wind farm is now under construction. The 121.8-MW project located in Steuben County in New York is comprised of 24 Vestas and 8 Siemens Gamesa turbines, and construction is expected to be complete in late 2022. “We’re thrilled to announce our third project in New York is…
Nexans subsea transmission cable manufacturing facility setting up in South Carolina for offshore wind market
Ørsted and Eversource are jointly investing in a Nexans subsea transmission cable manufacturing facility in South Carolina to provide subsea cables for the companies’ offshore projects in the Northeast. In 2019, Ørsted and Eversource entered into a framework agreement with Nexans, committing to purchase subsea cables for their Northeast offshore wind farms. Nexans will manufacture…
IEA subsidiary selected as EPC on 110-MW Michigan wind project
Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives (IEA), an infrastructure construction company with renewable energy and civil expertise, has been awarded a $49 million contract for the Deerfield II Wind Farm in Michigan. The award is for the construction of the approximately 110-MW utility-scale wind farm in Huron County, Michigan. Algonquin Power & Utilities, a North American renewable…
Siemens Energy will connect New York’s 1st offshore wind project to the grid
Siemens Energy was awarded its first offshore grid connection project in the United States. In a consortium with Aker Solutions, the company will supply the high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system that will bring green energy from Sunrise Wind, New York’s first utility-scale offshore wind project, to the mainland. It’s the first offshore wind project…
Enel breaks ground on 250-MW Oklahoma wind project
Enel Green Power North America has started construction of the 250-MW 25 Mile Creek wind project in Ellis County, Oklahoma. It is the company’s 12th wind farm in the state and with this new construction, Enel Green Power’s Oklahoma wind portfolio now exceeds $3 billion in investment. The company now has over 2.5 GW of…
Developers replace and repower California wind farm
East Bay Community Energy (EBCE) marked the commercial operation of the Scott Haggerty Wind Energy Center in Livermore, California. The wind farm is a re-powered source of clean energy for residents within its district that spans 14 cities and Alameda County. The new facility represents a $20 million investment into Alameda County through tax revenue…
Ready-to-float: A permanent cost reduction for offshore wind
By Robert Speht, CEO and co-founder of FloatWind Ltd The world’s first gigawatt-capacity floating offshore wind farm remains a little way off, but advances across the industry are bringing it ever closer. As it stands, floating offshore wind farms have a levelized cost of energy (LCOE) of more than three-times that of fixed-bottom wind farms. And…
New York City makes plans to become key offshore wind player
New York City Mayor de Blasio and the New York City Economic Development Corp. (NYCEDC) have announced a 15-year, $191 million Offshore Wind Vision (OSW) plan to make the city a leading destination for the offshore wind industry. The plan also ensures the city meets nation-leading climate goals of 100% clean electricity by 2040 and…