Iberdrola and Nike have agreed their third renewable power purchase agreement (PPA) in three years, setting their sights on Europe for the first time. The new PPA will build on the success of previous agreements between the two companies in the U.S. In total, on both sides of the Atlantic, the global sporting brand now…
Siemens Gamesa & Vestas win service tenders for Iberdrola wind fleet
Iberdrola, through its subsidiary Iberdrola Renovables Energía S.A.U, has concluded the tendering process for the maintenance of a large portion of its wind-turbine fleet — 4,425 MWs operated in the Iberian Peninsula. The framework agreements have a combined value of €110 million and duration between two to three years, depending on the type of services…
Advangrid acquires big stake in Massachusetts offshore wind project with Vineyard Wind
Avangrid Renewables is a subsidiary of AVANGRID Inc Iberdrola S.A., a worldwide leader in the energy industry with significant offshore wind holdings in Europe, owns 81.5% of the outstanding shares of AVANGRID common stock.
Iberdrola awards Navantia new substation for UK offshore wind farm
Iberdrola has awarded Navantia Puerto Real contract worth almost €65 million to build a substation for the East Anglia One offshore wind farm, which the electric utility is currently developing in English water. The 714-MW East Anglia One will be one of the largest offshore wind farms in the world when it is commissioned in the…
Iberdrola sells five wind farms in Italy
Iberdrola has informed the Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV), Spain’s stock exchange commission, of the sale of wind energy assets in Italy, grouped in the companies SER S.P.A. -100%- and SER 1 S.P.A. -4%- (with the remaining 96% belonging to the former). Under the agreement, Iberdrola is selling CEF 3 Wind Energy S.P.A.…
Iberdrola USA and UIL Holdings merger creates a diversified energy & utility company
Iberdrola USA and UIL Holdings Corporation announced the closing of the merger between their companies that creates a diversified energy and utility company.The company will operate under the name AVANGRID, Inc. with $30 billion in assets and operations in 25 states. “Today, AVANGRID, a new American energy giant, has been born. As we have done…
Iberdrola breaks ground on North Carolina’s first industrial-scale wind farm
For the first time, wind power is lifting off in North Carolina. Governor Pat McCrory joined business and community leaders in Elizabeth City this week to break ground on North Carolina’s first industrial-scale wind-power project. Spanning farm fields in Pasquotank and Perquimans counties, the Amazon Wind Farm U.S. East, powered by Iberdrola Renewables at Desert Wind,…
Strong U.S., international performance earns Iberdrola $3.1 B Net for 2014
From PR newswire: Company beats guidance — board recommends 36¢ per share dividend. Key Aspects of 2014 Revenue was down slightly from last year at $39.9 billion (€30.0 billion) Gross margin increased 3.4% to $16.2 billion (€12.2 billion) U.S. operations contributed $1.63 billion (€1.2 billion) in EBITDA, a 7.2% increase from last year Group EBITDA…
Gamesa and Iberdrola launch a new, next-generation system for operating wind farms from a distance
Gamesa and the Iberdrola Group, through its engineering and construction subsidiary, have launched a wind sector-pioneering system which enables the remote management, using a single interface, of any make of wind turbine, anywhere in the world. Leveraging both firms’ know-how and experience in the wind sector, this new system, called WindCORE + WindOne, lets operators…
Two Ohio wind energy projects on hold after legislative changes
This article,from law firm Bricker & Eckler, is authored by J. Thomas Siwo Iberdrola Renewables, the company that runs the existing Blue Creek Wind Farm, has said two “possible wind farm projects are ‘on hold’ after a pair of legislative actions changed the rules on renewable energy” in Ohio, according to an article in The Lima…
How to monitor 2,478 wind turbines from one local
Iberdrola Renewables, the second-largest energy provider in North America has chosen PC VUE SCADA system to monitor its U.S. wind farms that produce 3,600 MW of wind power over 35 independent power plants. Each of the 2,479 wind turbine supplies about 300 to 350 data points, which equates to approximately 700,000 to 850,000 I/O data…
Weather data from nation’s largest wind farms could improve U.S. models, forecasts
Private companies share weather data with NOAA Two of the nation’s largest producers of wind-generated electric power will share privately-collected weather data with NOAA, providing agency scientists with additional observations from wind farms across the nation for research and operations. NOAA now has data sharing agreements with Iberdrola Renewables of Portland, Ore., and NextEra Energy…
Take a closer look at pouring turbine foundations
Blue Creek Wind Farm, the first large-scale wind facility in Ohio and one of the biggest east of the Mississippi River, relied on Lafarge cement for turbines’ concrete foundations and soil stabilization. Cement supplied by Lafarge North America played a key role in the construction earlier this year of the Blue Creek Wind Farm in…
100 MW to deput in Ohio, more to follow
An Ohio utility says it will purchase up to 100 MW of output from its 304 MW Blue Creek Wind Farm in western Ohio. One of the first large-scale wind farms in Ohio, Blue Creek will sprout 152 wind turbines each rated at 2 MW, and is expected to finish by the end of 2011.…