American Electric Power‘s 287-MW Maverick Wind Energy Center in north-central Oklahoma has begun commercial operation. Located southwest of Enid, Oklahoma, Maverick is one of three wind projects that compose the North Central Energy Facilities, which will provide 1,485 MW of clean energy to customers of AEP’s Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO) and Southwestern Electric…
RWE Renewables completes 125-MW Cassadaga wind farm in New York
RWE Renewables has started commercial operation on its 125 MW onshore Cassadaga Wind Farm located in Chautauqua County, New York. The system is powered by 27 Nordex and 10 Siemens Gamesa turbines and has the capacity to provide clean energy for more than 37,000 households. Cassadaga is RWE’s 29th onshore wind farm in the U.S.…
Ørsted and Eversource plan offshore wind substation in Texas
Offshore wind joint development partners Ørsted and Eversource are planning the construction of the first American-built offshore wind substation, which will be deployed at the developers’ South Fork Wind project serving New York’s Long Island. Kiewit Offshore Services will design and build the substation for the 132-MW South Fork Wind project — New York’s first…
EDP Renewables’ 180-MW Wildcat Creek Wind Farm comes online in Texas
Wind energy producer EDP Renewables North America brought its 180-MW Wildcat Creek Wind Farm to commercial operations and is producing energy in Cooke County, Texas. Wildcat Creek Wind marks EDPR NA’s fifth operating wind farm in Texas and is the company’s second project — in addition to Reloj del Sol Wind Farm in Zapata County…
Kitty Hawk Offshore Wind project begins environmental impact study
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) gave the approval to prepare an Environmental Impact Study (EIS) for Kitty Hawk North, the first offshore project within the company’s Kitty Hawk Wind Energy Area (WEA). “Kitty Hawk can transform the energy mix of Virginia and North Carolina while delivering a triple-win for the environment, coastal…
Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions’ 182-MW Texas wind project reaches commercial operation
Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions commenced commercial operation of its 182-MW Maryneal Windpower project in Nolan County, Texas. In 2019, cellular service Sprint signed a 12-year virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) for 173.3 MW of the wind generated by the project, which will reduce parent company T-Mobile’s carbon production by 9%. “Projects like Maryneal Windpower play…
Facebook and Walmart purchase power from EDP’s latest wind project in Indiana
EDP Renewables North America has reached commercial operations at the 198-MW Headwaters II Wind Farm in Randolph County, Indiana. This second phase of the wind farm joins the operational 200-MW Headwaters I Wind Farm and boosts the significant economic benefits contributed to the surrounding communities and marks a key addition to EDPR NA’s growing portfolio…
800-MW Vineyard Wind offshore project will be union-built
Vineyard Wind entered a project labor agreement (PLA) with Massachusetts Building Trades and local union affiliates for the construction of Vinyard Wind 1, an 800-MW offshore wind project, later this year. “We are proud to work with organized labor to make history by building the nation’s first large-scale offshore wind project, Vineyard Wind 1,” said…
Leeward begins repowering, construction on 235 MW of New Mexico wind projects
Leeward Renewable Energy has closed construction financing to repower its 90-MW Aragonne Wind project and the construction of the new 145-MW Aragonne Mesa Wind project. Under a previously announced power purchase agreement with Arizona Public Service Company (APS), the projects, which will use GE wind turbine technology, will provide a combined 200 MW of wind…
NJBPU awards 2.6 GW of offshore wind contracts to Ørsted and Atlantic Shores
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities voted today to greenlight 2,658 MW of wind power off the Jersey Shore. In a unanimous vote, the Board awarded 1,510 MW of capacity to Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind and 1,148 MW to Ørsted’s Ocean Wind II. In addition to strong environmental and fisheries protection plans, each project…
Leeward Renewable Energy constructing 145-MW wind farm for Colorado utility
Guzman Energy and Leeward Renewable Energy have executed a power purchase agreement (PPA) for the 145-MW Panorama Wind Farm in Weld County, Colorado. The project will be Leeward’s third project in Weld County, bringing its total installed capacity in the county to 617 MW, reflecting an aggregate capital investment of over $850 million. “Electric cooperatives,…
Five months into the Biden Administration: A whirlwind of federal action on offshore wind
By Georgena Terry, research associate, Clean Energy States Alliance In late March, President Joe Biden announced an offshore wind goal of 30 GW by 2030 in a manner that protects environmental assets and creates employment. Through a coordinated multi-agency approach, Biden plans to fast track the deployment of utility scale offshore wind. The focus will…
RWE Renewables begins construction on 240-MW Blackjack Creek Wind Farm in Texas
Blackjack Creek, a 240-MW onshore wind farm, located in Bee and Refugio counties, Texas, is under construction by RWE Renewables. The project is expected to be online in late 2021 and will be powered by 50 4.8-MW Nordex turbines, generating enough green electricity to power more than 72,000 homes. “We look forward to the successful…
Atlantic Shores, Rutgers University studying offshore wind development effects on native clam species
Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind and Rutgers University launched a multi-phase modeling study in collaboration with the surfclam industry to better understand how Mid-Atlantic wind farm developments and climate change may influence the distribution and abundance of surfclams. The study will also examine the economics of the Surfclam Fishery within the Atlantic Shores Lease Area and…
RWE Renewables enters Ohio market with 250-MW wind farm
RWE Renewables has started commercial operation on its 250-MW onshore Scioto Ridge Wind Farm located in Hardin and Logan counties in Ohio. Scioto is powered by 75 Siemens Gamesa turbines and represents RWE’s first onshore wind project in Ohio and 28th in the United States. “Scioto Ridge marks our successful entry in the Ohio market,”…
Mayflower Wind offshore project finds grid connection in decommissioned coal-powered plant
Mayflower Wind and Anbaric Development Partners have signed an agreement for Mayflower Wind to use transmission assets developed by Anbaric to bring offshore wind to the Brayton Point power plant in Somerset, Massachusetts. “Mayflower Wind is committed to helping Massachusetts and New England achieve their ambitious clean energy goals,” said Michael Brown, Mayflower Wind CEO.…
US Wind deploys meteorological buoy in Maryland offshore wind lease area
Offshore wind developer US Wind deployed a meteorological and oceanographic (metocean) buoy to collect wind and marine life data off the coast of Ocean City, Maryland. Ocean Tech Services (OTS) will provide turn-key data services from the system, which include construction, testing, deployment and operations of the buoy and associated sensors. The Floating Light Detection…
EDP Renewables powers on 209-MW Texas wind farm
EDP Renewables North America‘s (EDPR) 209-MW Reloj del Sol Wind Farm has reached commercial operations in Zapata County, Texas. The Reloj del Sol Wind Farm is the latest project in EDPR’s growing energy portfolio in Texas, joining the company’s four operating wind farms in the state. Collectively, EDPR’s Texas portfolio now totals 909 MW in…
GE turbines to power 302-MW Lincoln Land Wind project in Illinois
GE Renewable Energy will supply 107 of GE’s 2.82-127 onshore wind turbines for the 302-MW Lincoln Land Wind project in Morgan County, Illinois. The wind farm is owned by funds managed by the Infrastructure and Power strategy of Ares Management Corporation. Apex Clean Energy led the development of Lincoln Land Wind, and Ares finalized preconstruction…
EDP Renewables begins repowering project on Oklahoma wind farm
EDP Renewables North America (EDPR) has initiated its first North American repowering construction proceedings at the Blue Canyon II Wind Farm in Oklahoma. The repowering of Blue Canyon II, which is located in Caddo and Kiowa counties and is part of a four-phase project, ensures significant economic benefits and affordable energy will continue with the…