Utility company E.ON announced plans to install the first turbine foundation for the Rampion offshore wind project in the UK. The 40o-MW project is located in the English Channel and being built by E.ON, the UK Green Investment Bank, and Canadian energy company Enbridge. The project remains on schedule, despite adverse weather conditions that already…

Diamond WTG Engineering & Services, a group company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Brazos Wind Ventures, inked a long-term service agreement for the 16-MW Brazos Wind Project located near Fluvanna, Texas. The Brazos Wind Project is jointly owned by Shell Wind Energy and Mitsui & Co. (collectively “Brazos”). The eight-year agreement underscores the confidence in…

Growing its operational capacity, Pattern Energy Group announced that construction has completed for the 150-MW Amazon Wind Farm Fowler Ridge in Benton County, Indiana and the wind farm is now fully operational. The facility will sell 100% of the electricity produced to Amazon Web Services (AWS), which will supply the electricity to the electric grids…

BluEarth Renewables has announced that the Bull Creek Wind Facility is now fully operational. Bull Creek is the first of BluEarth’s renewable power projects in Alberta to achieve commercial operation. Located approximately 20 km northeast of Provost, Alberta, Bull Creek’s 17 General Electric wind turbines have a combined nameplate capacity of 29.2 MW, which provide…

The ADS is a radar-activated obstruction lighting system designed to turn blinking lights atop wind turbines and tall towers on or off, based on the presence or absence of aircraft in the vicinity.

EDF Renewable Energy (EDF RE) announced that the 150-MW Slate Creek Wind Project in Kansas reached commercial operation in late December. The project, located within Sumner County which is approximately 50 miles south of Wichita, commenced construction of its 75 Vestas 2-MW wind turbines in April, 2015. Great Plains Energy, parent company of Kansas City Power…

South Australia has reaffirmed its position as a renewable energy powerhouse, according to the country’s The Lead news report. The 270-MW Hornsdale Wind Farm under construction about 220 km north of Adelaide has won a contract to deliver an additional 100 MW of power to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). Developed by leading French company Neoen,…

Montana-Dakota Utilities, a division of MDU Resources Group, has officially completed the purchase of Thunder Spirit Wind from ALLETE Clean Energy. ALLETE recently completed construction on the 107.5-MW wind project, which is located near Hettinger, North Dakota. All 43 turbines are now in commercial operation, and the $220 million (approximately) wind farm can serve about…

FoundOcean has successfully completed the grouting of foundations at Gemini Wind Farm on behalf of the main contractor, Van Oord. The 600-MW offshore wind farm, situated 85 km north of the Dutch province of Groningen, is made up of 150 wind turbines and spans across two sites. Following the continued success of FoundOcean and BASF’s collaboration,…

Canadian-based Alterra Power announced that British Columbia’s Dokie 1 Wind Project recently achieved a record annual generation. As of December 23, 2015, Dokie surpassed its old generation record of 328,553 MWh, which was set in the project’s inaugural year, 2011. Located approximately 1100 km northeast of Vancouver, the 144-MW Dokie Wind Project is the largest commercial wind…

Beothuk Energy, an Atlantic Canada-based company, has announced plans for a major offshore wind farm off the coast of Nova Scotia. The company has proposed to manufacture and install a 1000-MW wind farm in shallow waters off the southwest coast. The project is estimated to cost CAD 4 billion. The proposed site has world-class wind resources and will…

Fugro recently completed the burial of export cables at the Gemini offshore wind park, off the Netherlands’ coast. The company was awarded the project back in April by international contractor, Van Oord. To execute the export cable burial works, Fugro mobilized one of its two Q1400 trenching spreads onto the Van Oord support vessel, the…

Southern Company’s subsidiary, Southern Power, recently announced the completion of its first wind project: the 299-MW Kay Wind facility in Kay County, Oklahoma. “The completion of Kay Wind — Southern Power’s first wind project — marks an important milestone for our company,” said Southern Power President and Chief Executive Officer Oscar C. Harper. “Renewables remain…

Availon, a multi-brand independent service provider for wind turbines, has successfully kept the U.S. wind farms it has under O&M contracts at historical levels of availability. The most challenging wind site, which remains undisclosed at this time, is now continuously running at above 98.4% availability. Other less challenging wind farms enjoy availability levels between 99.4 %…

Duke Energy Renewables announced it will build a large-scale wind project in Oklahoma, the company’s first renewables project in the state. The planned 200-MW Frontier Wind Farm will produce enough emissions-free electricity to power about 60,000 homes. Duke Energy will build, own, and operate the project in Kay County. “We’re investing heavily in renewable energy and surpassing 2,000 megawatts…

ACCIONA Windpower, an ACCIONA group subsidiary dedicated to the designing and manufacturing wind turbines, has completed a turbine-supply agreement with Building Energy for a 30-MW wind project located in central Iowa. Building Energy is a global renewable energy company with experience in 24 countries worldwide. Under the agreement, ACCIONA Windpower will deliver 10 AW125-3000 turbines,…

Lithium-ion battery maker LG Chem Ltd announced a deal to build what’s described as the world’s largest wind energy storage project in South Korea. Under the agreement with local power producer GS E&R, a 50-MWh storage system will be installed at a wind farm in Yeongyang, North Gyeongsang province. Once complete, the new energy storage facility…

EDF Energy Renewables (EDF) is taking on the development of the Dorenell Wind Farm, which is one of the largest onshore wind projects planned for construction in Scotland. EDF will develop and build the project, and will work with wind development company Infinergy. The site near Dufftown in Moray was developed by Infinergy and consent for a…

Pattern Energy Group held a grand opening ceremony this week to dedicate its new 200-MW Logan’s Gap Wind facility in Comanche County, Texas. Now operating at full capacity, Logan’s Gap Wind will create enough clean energy to power 50,000 homes in Texas each year. “Presently, the majority of the revenue collected by Comanche County comes…

Enbridge Inc. announced the acquisition of a 24.9% interest in the 400-MW Rampion Offshore Wind Project in the UK. The company’s total investment in the project is expected to be CAD $750 million (£370 million) inclusive of all interest during construction, transaction costs, and a development fee. The offshore wind project was developed and is…