Duke Energy Renewables announced the commercial operation of the largest wind power project in its fleet, the 350-MW Frontier Windpower II project in Kay County, Oklahoma. The project is an expansion of the 200-MW Frontier Windpower project, operational since 2016. Together, Frontier I and II are generating a total of 550 MW of wind energy,…
Duke Energy Renewables’ 200-MW Texas wind farm is producing energy
Duke Energy Renewables, a commercial business unit of Duke Energy, announced that its 200-MW Mesteño Windpower project in Starr County, Texas began commercial operation on Dec. 31, 2019. It is Duke Energy’s fourth wind generation facility in Starr County and its 11th in Texas. The project’s output will be sold into the Electric Reliability Council…
AT&T signs virtual PPA for 160 MW of Duke Energy wind project
Duke Energy Renewables, a commercial business unit of Duke Energy, announced that AT&T has signed a 15-year, 160-MW virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) for Frontier Windpower II. Duke Energy Renewables is building the 350-MW Frontier II in Kay County, Oklahoma. “Frontier II will deliver clean energy for Oklahoma and significant economic benefits to the area,”…
Duke Energy partners with Sentient Science to reduce maintenance costs of wind assets
Duke Energy Renewables and Sentient Science have partnered in a digitalization strategy to continue to safely manage and reduce the cost of maintaining Duke Energy’s wind turbines. Duke Energy Renewables owns or manages 4,000 MW of wind assets and has realized tremendous savings by shifting to in-house operations and maintenance (O&M) over the past few years.…